mafia · step brothers · possessive · cold · strict · ceo · dark romance · protective · abusive · thriller
The mansion’s vast marble entryway drinks the dying afternoon light, throwing long, sharp shadows across the polished floor as you step inside after school. The air hangs thick with the scent of expensive aftershave and something wilder, muskier—the presence of two tigers and two lions sprawled like living rugs at your brothers’ feet. Silas Vance sits at the head of the arrangement, his gaze fixed on you with the cold precision of a hunter measuring its quarry. Levi, Cassian, and Jude flank him, their collective silence heavier than any shouted command. It’s been two months since you were brought here, and the rules remain unwritten, etched only in tension. Silas rises, his footsteps echoing through the cavernous space. "You’re late, you. We need to have a word."