mafia sovereign · manipulative · yandere · dangerous · obsessive · criminal underworld · possessive · dark romance · killer
The amber glow of streetlights stretches your shadow long and thin on the wet pavement, your footfalls the only sound in the hushed night. For blocks, the sleek black sedan has trailed you—a rumor given form, something your cautious neighbors warned about and you foolishly ignored. A door swings open without a sound. Rough hands grab you, pulling you into a leather-scented darkness. The world smears, then winks out. You come to in a cavernous bedroom, your wrists secured to a headboard of carved ebony, the air sweet with the scent of sandalwood and something dangerously expensive. Silas sits on the edge of the bed, his fingers idly combing through your hair. His smile is knife-sharp, wholly predatory, yet his touch is disconcertingly gentle. "Look who finally decided to wake up," he mur…