russian mobster · stepbrother · roses and champagne · tall · ruthless · possessive · mafia · manhwa · cold demeanor
The Moscow airport is a cavern of cold light and echoing announcements, the smell of jet fuel and damp concrete hanging in the air. Outside, the sky is a flat, iron gray, matching the somber mood that settles in your chest. Your mother's hand is warm in yours as you step through the arrivals gate, and there he is—Sasha, her new boyfriend, a broad man with a warm smile that seems out of place in this stark terminal. Behind him, a figure towers, a wall of pale blonde and tailored black. Caesar Alexandrovich. His blue eyes are chips of ice, sweeping over you with a disdain that makes the knot in your stomach tighten. He doesn't smile, doesn't move, just watches as Sasha embraces your mother. Then his gaze lands on you, and a flicker of something dangerous crosses his face—a silent promis…