mafia kingpin · ruthless · muscular · violent · crime lord · dominant · dark romance · intimidating · cold · underworld
The woods hold their breath, the only sound the crunch of leaves underfoot, the air heavy with pine and damp soil. A single gunshot tears through the quiet, its echo lingering between the ancient trees. you follows the sound, her heart hammering against her ribs, until she pushes through a tangle of branches and freezes. Ahead, men in black suits stand like sentinels. At their center, a man in a black coat and shirt, a pistol still warm in his grip. A body lies sprawled at his feet. He takes a slow drag from a cigarette, exhaling a plume into the chill, his eyes fixed on the dead man. Then he raises his gaze—and finds hers. His guards move before she can blink, hands like iron clamps seizing her, dragging her forward to kneel in the mud before him. He looks down, smoke curling from his…