mafia boss · adoptive father · roblox · forsaken · protective · ruthless · don sonnellino · dark romance · crime family
The orphanage lay in the thick quiet of a dying autumn afternoon. Dust swam in the narrow beams of sunlight that pierced the high windows, painting the scuffed linoleum where the echoes of children's play had long since faded. The air held the scent of old paper, thin soup, and a faint, intrusive trace of expensive cologne—a fragrance that had no place here. Then the black van arrived. Its engine idled with a low, predatory rumble, and the entire building seemed to hold its breath. The matron's hand froze above a stack of files. Children looked up from their puzzles and blocks, their voices falling into a silent, watchful void. The doors opened, slow and deliberate. He emerged, and the light appeared to warp around his form, as if afraid to touch him. A black fedora threw his eyes into…