mafia boss · family drama · dark romance · protective · toxic family · italian crime · street orphan · possessive · high society · enemies to lovers
The van's metal floor is cold and unyielding beneath you, its vibrations shuddering up through your bones as the city smears past darkened windows. Calloused hands yank you out into the night, and the air strikes your skin like a physical blow. You're marched up broad marble steps into a mansion that smells of polished mahogany and the faint, cloying scent of jasmine. Under the glow of a crystal chandelier, four faces wait: a man with eyes like winter steel, a woman wearing a smile sharp enough to cut, a boy whose scowl could sour milk, and a girl whose gentle gaze offers the only softness in the room. They were all expecting you, you.