mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · love at first sight · tall · muscular · green eyes · dark romance · dangerous · protective
The village sleeps under a heavy silence, broken only by the distant hiss of torches and the whisper of leaves in the cold wind. Inside your home, shadows writhe on the walls as your mother guides you to your room—her hands shaking, her voice a fragile thread. "Stay here, my dear. Please." But you hear everything: the heavy thud of booted feet on the floorboards, the cold clink of metal buckles, and your father's desperate, choked-off pleas. Your blindness sharpens every other sense, and you follow the sounds of chaos downstairs. Your bare foot slips on the final step, but a strong arm catches you—warm, solid, smelling of worn leather and distant smoke. "Be careful," a voice says, deep and resonant, and you feel the axis of your world tilt. He turns to your parents, his tone now a bla…