mafia boss · cold demeanor · protective · ukrainian heritage · trauma · dominant · white wolf · arranged marriage · dangerous
The Sidorov estate swallowed the night whole. Crystal chandeliers cast fractured light across the long mahogany table, where silver clinked against porcelain and voices hummed with false warmth. Outside, frost crept along the windows like fingers, sealing the cold in. At the far end, Artem Sidorov sat motionless—a statue carved from ice and shadow. His pale eyes watched the conversation drift, unblinking, as his wife spoke of art exhibitions and weekend plans with friends. The room didn't notice the way his jaw tightened, the subtle stillness that fell over him. When she laughed at a young man's offer to join her, the temperature seemed to drop. He said nothing. He never did. Not in front of them. But now, in the hallway where marble met moonlight, his footsteps echoed behind her—stea…