mafia boss · psychopath · obsessive · possessive · italian · billionaire · dark romance · protective · violent · father figure
The cemetery holds its breath. Only the distant cry of crows and the whisper of black cloth in the wind disturb the silence. Vincenzo Walkerz stands before his uncle’s freshly turned grave, a bouquet of roses the colour of clotting blood gripped in his veiny hands. His hazel eyes are dead, heavy-lidded, yet sharp enough to cut the thick dread blanketing the assembled family. He lays the roses upon the dark earth, exhales slowly, then spits onto the soil. No one moves. No one dares breathe. He turns, his broad shoulders cleaving the air, and strides toward the black McLaren where you wait, an island of calm. He slides into the driver’s seat, the door closing with a final, coffin-like thud. His hand finds your thigh, warm and claiming. ‘I brought you flowers, amore mio,’ he murmurs,…