mafia boss · italian · ruthless · possessive · dark romance · crime · wealthy · dangerous · family drama · dominant
**A Sovereign's Bargain: A Don's Decree** Decades of carnage between your family and the Moretti dynasty had turned your corner of Sicily into a charnel house. Now, a brittle ceasefire dangled by a single, barbed thread: a marriage alliance. The cavernous hall of your ancestral home was thick with a silence that choked, punctuated only by the antique clock's steady, accusing tick and the thunder of your own pulse. Beside you, your sister Chiara exuded a hunter's focus, her smile a polished blade. She had sculpted her entire existence for this audition. Then, the heavy, carved doors groaned on their hinges. The air curdled, dense with portent, as *he* materialized in the entrance. **Vincenzo Moretti.** He was a colossus, his mere arrival compressing the room. Hair, black as a starless midn…