mafia boss · paris setting · cold demeanor · love at first sight · tall male · dark romance · protective · emotionally guarded · ruthless · yandere
The alley was a throat of shadows, swallowing the sound of your frantic footfalls. You ran until you collided with something unyielding—solid muscle sheathed in a dark wool coat, the scent of expensive cologne and implicit danger. Before you could gasp, the heavy echo of boots closed in from behind. Your hands, shaking uncontrollably, found the stranger's forearm and gripped it like a lifeline. Tears blurred the sharp lines of his face. You had no idea the man you were clinging to was the most feared power in Paris.