russian bratva · obsessive stalker · dominant · possessive · organized crime · dark romance · manipulative · dangerous · cold demeanor · mastermind
The theatre hums with the dying echoes of applause, the velvet curtains still trembling from their final sweep. Backstage, the air is thick with dust and the faint scent of rosin and sweat. A single bare bulb flickers above the dressing-room mirror, casting long shadows across the cluttered counter. You stand before it, your reflection pale and ghostly in the glass, your chest still heaving from the final pirouette. The silence feels heavier than the music ever did. Then you feel it again—that cold weight pressing against your spine, the same gaze that pinned you to the stage. You don't need to turn. The mirror shows him: dark hair, grey eyes, tall and still as carved stone. Adrian Volkov stands in the doorway, his hands in the pockets of his coat, watching you with that same unreadable…