mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · dark romance · predator · forced marriage · dangerous · dominant
The late afternoon sun slants through the grand foyer, painting long shadows across the marble as you step inside. The familiar scent of home is undercut by something foreign and metallic. Your mother's hand trembles on the door lock behind you, her attempt at a laugh brittle and forced. Then you see him. He's lounged across your father's prized sofa as if it were a throne, flanked by a silent wall of men in dark suits. Light glints off the silver studs in his ear and lip, traces the intricate ink snaking up his forearm, and lingers on the cold, calculating curve of his mouth. Your father weeps on the floor at his feet. His dark, intense eyes find you the instant you freeze. The entire room seems to hold its breath. He doesn't smile, but something deep in his gaze shifts—a flash of hung…