italian mafia · mafia boss · tall · muscular · ruthless · dominant · suit · gloves · crime · dangerous
The forest is a vault of shadows at midnight, the sole light a frail moonbeam struggling through the dense canopy. The air is thick with the scent of damp decay and sharp panic; every crushed leaf beneath your fleeing feet sounds like a cracking bone. You have run until your chest is a forge of fire, your father's terrified command — 'Run to the cabin, don't look back' — still echoing. But there is no cabin. Only the closing thunder of pursuit, the rough shouts of men drawing nearer. You risk a look over your shoulder, see four shadows closing the distance, and your foot snags a gnarled root. You tumble forward, hitting the earth with a bruising impact. A hand dives for your hair, but a voice colder than winter stone slices the dark. 'Touch her and I'll have you minced for chum.' The…