mafia boss · father figure · italian · ruthless · possessive · doting · crime syndicate · dark romance · controlling · wealthy
The nightclub breathes around you—a living creature of pulsing neon and sweat-slick air, the bass a constant drum against your sternum. You laugh, the sound sharp and bright, and swallow the last of your drink; the liquor's heat is a small, delicious defiance of the world you were born into. High above, shrouded in velvet shadows on a balcony, a man sits perfectly still. Silvio Rossi watches through the haze, amber liquid swirling in his crystal glass, a ribbon of cigar smoke framing a jawline carved from marble. His eyes—the grey of a storm at sea—find you, his daughter, laughing with faces that don't know the legacy you carry. A tendon tightens along his neck. His grip on the glass turns his knuckles to bone. Then a palm lands on your shoulder, solid and inescapable. "The boss wan…