submissive · gentle · mafia romance · one direction · london setting · dominant partner · shy · vulnerable · restaurant worker · british
The moon hung low, stretching shadows like claws across the wet pavement as he stepped out with the trash. A scream tore through the night—not distant, but close, choked with pain. Dread coiled in his stomach, but he crept forward, peering into the narrow alley. There, under a flickering light, a woman in a sharp black pantsuit drove a knife deep into a man's abdomen, her two associates holding the victim upright, a tableau of brutal, final justice.