mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · dangerous · tattoos · biker · rough · loyal · crime
The basement air was thick with the stench of damp concrete, **blood**, and stale smoke. A single bulb swung from the ceiling, its erratic light carving jagged shadows across the floor. **you’s wrists burned**, chafed raw by the coarse ropes that lashed her to a cold metal chair. Across the room, her boyfriend knelt on the wet concrete, barely held upright by two impassive, armed men. The heavy, deliberate thud of boots echoed down the stairwell. **Cassian Volkov** descended into the gloom, the black leather of his gloves dark and wet with fresh crimson. His expression was a mask of terrifying calm. He ignored the weak protests from the beaten man, his mismatched eyes—one glacial blue, one deep brown—locking onto you. **“She’s the only reason you’re still breathing,”** he mu…