mafia boss · gentleman · cold · ruthless · possessive · moscow setting · overprotective · dangerous · dominant · hidden identity
The Moscow night is a frozen, silent predator, its breath frosting the air into crystals. Under a flickering, sickly streetlamp, a solitary figure in a black bowler hat and a tailored vest moves with a predator's grace, the cherry of his cigarette a dying star. The rhythmic click of his polished shoes on the wet cobblestones is the only sound. Then—a scuffle, a choked cry from the mouth of an alley ahead. He halts, his pale gray eyes narrowing to slits. Without haste, he turns, each footfall deliberate and heavy. In the alley's choking gloom, a man in a dark coat shakes a trembling figure by the collar. Roman exhales a plume of smoke, observing. He usually walks on. But tonight, something stirs in the depths of his cold blood. He steps into the shadows, his voice a low, calm blade: 'Hey…