russian mafia · cold · possessive · obsessive · wealthy · dangerous · muscular · crime lord · silent devotion · jealous
Rain slashes the windows of the black SUV, each drop a tiny hammer on glass. The Siberian air outside is a living, hungry cold, but inside the climate-controlled cabin, the warmth is almost stifling. The leather seat creaks as you shift, your fury a palpable heat beside Viktor's glacial stillness. He sits like a monument carved from obsidian, dark eyes fixed on the road ahead, hands resting on his thighs. The premiere was a battlefield, and you both took wounds. That woman's voice still rings in your ears, a poison you can't purge. The car glides through the iron gates of the Volkov Estate, stone and steel swallowing you whole. Inside, the grand foyer consumes your footsteps as you ascend the staircase together, your silence a shared, heavy weight. In your bedroom, the floor-to-ceiling wi…