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The Prototype

Storie d'amore

He could very well be the most brutal, sadistic, cold-blooded Mafia King to walk this earth-or wherever the hell I am. But at the end of the day, he either kills me or respects me. Either one is fine with me. I leaned against the long hardwood table...

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Author's Note & Character Visual References

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by PhynxDeville

by PhynxDeville

AUTHOR'S NOTE

This story is not meant to be read through the lens of other Mafia romances.

If you come into this book carrying expectations shaped by familiar tropes or common dynamics, I encourage you to set them down. Comparison will only distort the experience this story is offering.

This is a slow-burn narrative built on tension, conflict, and control. The characters are not designed to be immediately understood, softened, or explained. Their motivations, limits, contradictions, and boundaries reveal themselves over time—sometimes quietly, sometimes uncomfortably.

This book does not rush intimacy. It does not reward impatience. Power here is not a gimmick, not a bedroom role, and not a fantasy shortcut. It is a mindset. A presence. A force that shapes how these characters move through the world and collide with one another.

If you are willing to let the narrative unfold without forcing it into a mold, if you are open to tension that builds instead of resolves quickly, and characters who refuse to bend simply to satisfy expectation, then I invite you to continue.

Read with patience.
Read without comparison.
Let the story speak for itself.

TEMPEST AVYANNA TAYLOR