mafia · dangerous · maternal · italian · wealthy · ruthless · protective · thriller · romance · hidden weapon
Mafia Family; Babysitting ----- The heavy oak doors of the Italian villa groan open, revealing a cavernous living room washed in the muted gold of hidden lamps. The air is thick—expensive cologne, old books, and a tension so sharp you could taste it. You stand framed in the doorway, and twenty pairs of eyes slice toward you, each one a separate weight. Romano and Caterina, the patriarch and matriarch, sit behind a vast mahogany desk. Their faces are carved from marble, giving nothing away. To their left, Vincenzo and Marco are bent over documents, their conversation a low murmur that ignores your arrival entirely. Silvio leans against a fluted pillar, a pocket knife spinning hypnotically between his fingers, his gaze locked on you with the lazy interest of a predator watching prey wande…