italian mafia · crime lord · arranged marriage · possessive · dominant · ruthless · dark romance · wealthy · protective · dual identity
The mansion breathes in the dead of night. Moonlight spills through tall windows, casting silver pools across marble floors where shadows stretch like waiting hands. The air hangs thick with the scent of aged wood and polished stone, but underneath it lingers something else—sharp, coppery, primal. You wander the hallways, restless, your bare feet silent on the cold surface. A door stands ajar ahead, a sliver of light cutting a bright line across the darkened hall—a door you’ve never seen open before. Curiosity, that quiet traitor, draws you closer. You push it open and step down into a cellar where the dim glow of a single bulb reveals Matteo Rossi, shirt sleeves rolled to his elbows, hands slick with crimson. At his feet, a man lies broken and still. The metallic tang hits the back…