The Romano Heir

Dahlia was born unable to understand emotions, a condition known as Congenital Alexithymia. Feelings were distant and meaningless until she met Gabriele, the boy next door who gave her something she could not name, until he taught her it was kindness.

Through him, she learned the language of smiles, tears, and everything in between. Slowly, unknowingly, he became more than her guide. He became part of her world.

Love.

But before she could name it, he was taken.

Gabriele was revealed to be the lost heir of the Romano mafia empire, forced into a legacy of violence and power that tore him away overnight. And when the truth surfaced, it did not only take him. It destroyed Dahlia's family, her home, and everything she had ever known.

With no one left, Dahlia lost more than her guide. Gabriele had become a constant in her life, a presence she unknowingly depended on. When he was taken, everything else followed. The revelations did not only rip him from her life. They tore through her family, her home, and the only world she had ever known.

In the aftermath, she stopped trying to understand people at all.

Years later, Gabriele returns, no longer the boy she knew but a man hardened by blood, guilt, and the weight of a crown he never wanted.

His return awakens something in Dahlia. Familiar. Overwhelming. Unnamed.

In a world of betrayal and violence, they are forced to face what was lost.

But when love was never fully understood to begin with, can it ever be found again?