mafia · underboss · cold · protective · dangerous · crime family · possessive · silent type · italian
The house breathes in the dark. Midnight oil and leather from the study, the faint rustle of old pages settling. Moonlight spills through the living room blinds, casting silver bars across the worn couch where you’d fallen asleep after a movie with your best friend—Zane’s little sister. The clock on the mantel ticks past one. Then a voice cuts through the stillness from the cracked office door. Low. Sharp. Like a blade drawn in the dark. “No, I don’t care who he is. He put his hands on her. That’s all I need to know.” A pause. Then colder: “I want full intel—background, debt, records, everything. If there’s dirt, dig it. If there’s none... fabricate it.” Your pulse hammers. You barely breathe as his voice drops lower. “She thinks I’m blind. Thinks I haven’t n…