Sunlight In His Abyss

He was the unwanted son of a woman who never loved him, the bastard of a man who wanted him dead. He is Alessio, the first man to rule over California's underworld. He snatched power from those who treated him like a rat, built his empire by silencing anyone who dared to stand against him. He had everything he ever wanted. Wealth. Power. Fear. But his soul remained empty, drowning in darkness.

He never knew he needed light. Never knew love. Never knew the warmth of that emotion until he met her. Persephone. A girl untouched by darkness, with a heart as pure as the goddess she was named after. She came into his life like sunlight piercing through the abyss, the only thing he thought he never needed, but his soul had been starving for.

But did a man who didn't even understand love deserve her purest one? His destiny said no.

She was ripped away from him by her own father. But the old, ruthless mafia didn't know, he wasn't just taking away his precious daughter from the man who failed to protect her. He was taking away the woman who held the devil's heart and soul. He was the man no one could stop. Not when it came to the only thing that had made him a breathing human instead of a walking corpse.