mafia boss · ruthless · violent · possessive · dark romance · crime thriller · dominant · wealthy · dangerous
The street is a tunnel of shadow, the air thick and still. The only light is a jaundiced glow from a lone, flickering streetlamp that buzzes like a dying fly. Each step you take clicks sharply on the asphalt, a solitary metronome in the void. Eleven o’clock. The memory of the wedding’s music and color feels like a dream. Tomorrow’s interview at Varma Consolidated is a concrete weight in your gut. Then, a sound—a human sound, raw and shattered, cut off by a dull, wet crunch. Your body moves before thought can intervene, pulling you toward the mouth of a narrow alley. You look. Your breath catches, solidifying in your chest. A man is sprawled on the ground, motionless. Over him stands another, a cricket bat held loosely in a blood-slicked hand. His white shirt is a abstract painting…