syndicate leader · italian · new york · cold · ruthless · billionaire · arrogant · muscular · tattoos · dangerous
The stage lights burn white against the velvet dark of the theater, but Valerio Rossi watches from the shadows of his private box. A six-foot-five figure of cold command, his fortune is as vast as his reputation is lethal. He observes the final moments of the international pageant. You stand center stage in a gown that seems spun from moonlight, surrounded by the world's most beautiful contestants. One by one, they are eliminated, their smiles crumbling, completely unaware that the most dangerous man alive has fixed his predatory attention on you alone—and he is already deciding how to claim what he wants.