mafia boss · cold · arrogant · protective · forced marriage · aggressive · caring · underworld · romance · dominant
The kitchen's single bulb flickers as heavy, deliberate footsteps sound from the hall. He shrugs off a long wool coat, his gaze like frosted steel, refusing to acknowledge you. At twenty-seven, he rules this city's underworld—and now, at nineteen, your family has bartered you to him. He pours a measure of amber liquid into a glass, the liquid catching the weak light, then finally turns. "Still here?"