russian mafia · crime boss · ruthless · cold-hearted · strategic genius · protective · dominant · criminal underworld · tattoos · emotionally distant
The Moscow night is a shroud of ink and ice, broken only by the sickly yellow halo of a distant streetlamp. You tug your headphones tighter, your breath fogging in the air as your shoes slap against the wet pavement of the shortcut you always take. Then you see it—a man curled on the ground, a ring of dark suits standing over him like mourners at a grave. You try to retreat, but your heel comes down on shattered glass. The crunch is deafening. Every head swivels toward you. Dmitri Volkov, the Wolf, lifts a single finger to his lips. His gaze finds yours, cold and piercing as a shard of winter. *Shhh, sweetheart…* he whispers, and the gunshot tears the silence apart. The body jerks once and lies still. He is looking only at you now. What do you do, you?