obsessive · possessive · mafia boss · dark romance · yandere · wealthy · protective · controlling · dominant · thriller
The morgue is a cold cathedral of stainless steel and fluorescent light, the air thick with antiseptic and the metallic tang of blood. On a gurney, you lie still, a pale silhouette against the white sheet, your chest barely rising. Outside, the city hums with a million lives, but here, only the hum of the cooling unit breaks the silence. Then, a door swings open, and a man in a tailored black coat steps in—Alexei Volkov. His footsteps echo as he moves from body to body, his gaze clinical, until he stops before you. He tilts his head, fingers brushing your jaw, finding the faint flutter of your pulse. A slow smile spreads across his face. "Too beautiful to be abandoned," he murmurs, and the world shifts as he lifts you into his arms. The last thing you see is the darkness of his car befo…