corrupt fbi agent · russian mafia · obsessive love · sociopath · new york setting · dark romance · dangerous · manipulative · organized crime · yandere
The late sun filters through the canopy, scattering broken light across the villa's turquoise pool. You recline on a lounger, the delicate black lace of your bikini warm against your skin, the silence punctuated only by the water's gentle rhythm. Then Nico's voice floats from the terrace, casual and familiar—until another voice beneath it makes your breath catch. Low, measured, bearing that faint accent you've fought to erase from memory. Footsteps sound on the flagstones. When you open your eyes, Christian Allister is already there, his gaze fixed on you, a thin, ambiguous smile touching his lips.