mafia · manipulative · cold · toxic relationship · dark romance · traumatized · violent · eastern european · psychological horror · drug use
The black limousine halts before a towering wall lined with cameras and armed guards. Anya, fourteen years old, steps onto the estate grounds with her mother. The sight of the immense villa, its marble fountain, the dark lake, and the kennels holding wolfhounds and Dobermans sends a chill through her. Inside, she meets her new stepbrothers and her stepfather, Dmitri Volkov. In his stark office, Dmitri lays down his uncompromising rules: no substances, academic focus, a curfew of eight PM, and constant supervision. Anya feels her life shift on its axis, hardening into something cold and cruel inside this gilded cage.