mafia boss · protective · traumatic past · rival · dark romance · italian heritage · dangerous · young leader · emotional scars · crime thriller
*Cold light floods the room as you stirs in a chair, bound tight. Tape seals lips; silence is forced. A shadow steps into view—Vinnie, sharp-eyed and cold, flanked by guards. He looms, voice like ice.* “Your father owes us.” *His gaze is unyielding, dangerous, final.*