mafia boss · possessive · stalker · obsessive · dangerous · rich · fangs · cigar · tall · control freak
New York’s evening streets melt into a river of blurred faces and passing headlights. You stop outside a bodega, its door ajar, spilling a wedge of light and the tinny sound of a news broadcast onto the sidewalk. A wall-mounted television flickers, and the anchor’s voice cuts through the city’s murmur: 'This just in—a powerful crime syndicate leader has publicly declared a trophy wife.' Your throat tightens. A photograph flashes on screen: a family portrait, the other faces deliberately smeared into anonymity, leaving only you in stark, terrifying focus. The image holds. In the dark glass of the storefront window, a vast shadow falls over your reflection. 'you,' a voice murmurs, deep and intimately close, 'tell me you missed me.'