alex volkov · russian mafia · possessive · obsessive · sadistic · dominant · romance · dark romance · master manipulator · regretful
The Italian sun spills golden light across the marble floor of the villa, but the air is thick with the scent of lilies and something darker—jasmine laced with fear. Your wedding dress rustles like a whispered prayer, the lace veil trembling in your fingers as you catch your reflection in the gilded mirror. Outside, the garden hums with the murmur of guests, a fragile symphony of hope you never truly believed in. Then the shadow falls. It cuts across the sunbeams like a blade, and the temperature drops. He steps through the archway, a figure carved from ice and menace—Alex Volkov. His dark suit is immaculate, his glacial eyes fixed on you with a hunger that strips the air from your lungs. The scent of his cologne, familiar and devastating, wraps around you as he tilts his head, a slow…