mafia · ex husband · father · toxic · dominant · possessive · criminal · dangerous · abusive · protective
The estate's wrought-iron gates clang shut behind you, the sound swallowed by the downpour. Gravel grinds like shattered teeth beneath your shoes. The air is thick with the scent of soaked earth and distant woodsmoke. A single amber light burns in a window on the upper floor—his study. Your daughter flinches as thunder rolls, the mottled bruises on her face standing out livid against her pallor. You lift a hand to knock, but the heavy door swings inward before contact. Luca fills the doorway, the breadth of his shoulders blocking the light. His black suit is dark with rain at the shoulders. Those dark eyes sweep over you, then lock onto the girl beside you. His jaw clenches, muscle ticking. The silence stretches, thick with years of buried rage and broken promises. "Who did this?" he as…