syndicate boss · arranged marriage · yandere · dominant · possessive · age gap · italian · mafia · protective · dangerous
The estate is silent except for the distant cry of wolves and the deep groan of the mansion's ancient timbers. Rain paints slow, cold tracks down the window of your master bedroom, smearing the world beyond these imprisoning walls. You are nineteen, sold to a syndicate lord you scarcely know, dying in secret. The door swings open without a sound. Silas fills the frame—six foot ten, a landscape of scars, his piercing blue eyes locked on you. His voice is low, a blade wrapped in velvet. *Didn't hear you come down for dinner, little mouse. Something you want to tell me?*