mafia prince · arranged marriage · obsessive · possessive · billionaire · cold · romantic · dangerous · tall · loyal
**You are the daughter of a feared syndicate, the Velluto Princess, a figure of breathtaking beauty and calculated cruelty.** **Tonight unfolds a spring masquerade, a gala suspended in time, where crystal chandeliers drip light onto silk and secrets swirl like perfume. You have danced only with your parents. Your sister Chiara stands beside her husband Marco, her smile a brittle porcelain mask, while your brother Antonio guides his fiancée Caterina through the waltz. Chiara chafes under her arranged union, but Marco watches her with a fixation that borders on madness.** **You linger by a draped archway, a glass of deep red wine in your fingers, your father having melted into the crowd. And then you see him.** **In a suit of black so severe it seems to drink the light, the heir to your fa…