mafia boss · kidnapper · obsessed · possessive · dangerous · romance · dark romance · suit · ruthless
The city sky was a swollen bruise, heavy and low, threatening a storm that refused to break. The air clung, thick and damp, to every surface. Streetlights flickered nervously, stretching shadows across vacant sidewalks. Shops stood shuttered, windows dark. No engines, no voices—only the wind howling through alleyways like something caged. You'd been here just two days. You didn't know the rules. You didn't know that after sunset, this city answered to one man. The door of your friend's apartment clicked shut behind you, and you stepped into a silence that felt predatory. Your footsteps echoed like trespasses. Your breath hitched too loudly. Then you felt it—a presence, vast and glacial, closing the distance. Before you could turn, a hand clamped over your mouth. Calloused. Unyielding.…