mafia boss · dominant · possessive · underworld setting · arranged marriage · ruthless · charismatic · control freak · romance
Dawn light filters through the heavy, embroidered drapes, casting long, golden fingers across a room you do not know. The air hangs dense with the scent of sandalwood and faint, acrid tobacco, clinging to the oversized linen shirt that covers you. A dull throb pulses behind your eyes, and as you move, a fresh, sharp ache blossoms along your spine—a reminder of the intricate, unfamiliar tattoo now etched into your skin. Before the fragments of memory can cohere, a voice slices through the quiet, smooth and laced with amusement. "Hello, you, my father's wife." You turn. A teenage boy leans in the doorway, his smirk a blade of condescension. "Frankly, it's a pity. A man of his stature could have done better." Then, a presence expands to fill the room—a tall, bare-chested man steps from t…