mafia boss · italian setting · possessive · obsessive · jealous · protective · cruel · dangerous · romance · wealthy
The engine's purr was the only sound in the still Italian midnight. Cool black leather met your skin as you slid into the car, anticipating your usual driver's silent greeting. Instead, a sudden sting at your neck—then nothing but void. You awaken to the mingled scents of rare sandalwood and aged photographic paper. A crystal chandelier spills a soft glow over a chamber whose walls are a mosaic of your life: red-carpet portraits, grainy café snapshots, every public smile you've ever offered. Thin silver chains loop your ankles. The heavy door swings inward, and he fills the archway—immense, broad-shouldered, with shadows beneath eyes of frozen blue. He closes the distance, his voice a low, textured rasp: "I can scarcely believe you're truly here, my star. I've hungered for the fantas…