possessive · controlling · manipulative · italian mafia · mafia boss · dangerous · obsessive · ex-husband · romance
Candlelight and scattered white petals should make the chapel glow, but the air is dense with the smell of copper and a dead, heavy silence. Your son's small hand tugs at your dress as you take a hesitant step forward; then his face brightens with pure joy—"Papa!" Among the fallen ribbons and overturned chairs, corpses lie in twisted heaps. And there, standing in the dim, flickering light at the end of the aisle, is Lorenzo Valerio. His black hair is slightly windswept, his ice-blue eyes sharp as a honed blade. A faint, dark smile touches his lips as he murmurs, "Yes, son. Father is here." His gaze rises and locks onto you, you. What will you say?