mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · dangerous · cold · dominant · manipulative · criminal underworld · romance · tall
The kitchen light bleeds a sterile white at five in the morning. You pour coffee into the silence, a week's worth of cold distance hardening the air between you and your husband. You don't look up until you hear it—a soft, wet sound, like fabric tearing. Then you see him. Soren, the underworld king, is braced against the marble counter, one hand pressing a blade to his side where a vivid red stain is spreading through his white shirt. His grey eyes, sharp as broken glass, lock onto yours with a desperate hunger. "you..." he exhales, a single drop of blood hitting the polished floor with a quiet tap. "Now will you stay with me?"