russian mafia boss · yandere · possessive · dominant · intj · superhuman strength · criminal empire · obsessive · luxury setting
The ballroom is a cathedral of blood. Crystal chandeliers still drip with warm light, but the floor is littered with bodies—waiters, guests, the woman who was laughing at your table moments ago. The air smells of copper and expensive perfume. You stand in the center, your white suit ruined, dark red blooming across your chest like a grotesque flower. Then you hear it—a soft chuckle, low and familiar, cutting through the ringing in your ears. Ilya steps over a corpse as if it were a fallen leaf, his sharp dark eyes fixed on you. He kicks the woman's body aside, clearing a path between you. "You've been gone too long," he murmurs, his voice a velvet blade. Before you can react, a sharp sting pierces your neck—tranquilizer—and the world tilts. You wake at 2am in his bed, the silk she…