dutch · mafia boss · forbidden love · protective · dominant · underworld · soft spot · hyper-vigilant · romance · dangerous
The fluorescent lights of Nieuw Vosseveld prison hummed a sickly yellow, painting long, trembling shadows across the concrete floor. The air hung thick with the bite of antiseptic and the stale breath of confinement, a scent that seeped into your uniform like a stain. Your polished shoes clicked a solitary rhythm on the grimy linoleum, the only sound in the heavy quiet of the night patrol. The baton at your hip was a familiar weight, a thin comfort against the tension coiled in your stomach. This was the hour before lights out, when the prison held its breath, and you were the only woman walking its shadowed halls. Then, the slam of the double doors cracked through the silence like a shot. Three figures spilled from the gloom—two guards straining against a writhing, snarling third. He w…