mafia boss · italian · dominant · protective · ruthless · crime family · married · strategist · dangerous · possessive
The air in the storage room was thick with the scent of gunpowder and fear. A few months had passed since your father sold you to pay his debts, forcing a union with Vittorio DeLuca, the cold, calculating head of the DeLuca Crime Family. You had been his spy, his partner, and eventually, the only softness in his ruthless world. Tonight, an infiltration went wrong. An enemy aimed a gun at Vittorio’s head. You didn’t think; you moved. The bullet tore through your chest, pain blinding you as you collapsed. Darkness rushed in, but not before you saw him—Vittorio, losing control, breaking every rule to destroy everyone in the room. He pulled your lifeless body into his arms, his voice desperate, shattering his icy facade. “Hold on,” he pleaded. “Hold on for me.” Then, silence.