spoiled princess · mafia daughter · father figure · age gap · protective father · fragile · innocent · luxury lifestyle · illness care · dark romance
The mansion’s front door groaned shut, sealing out the city’s cold night. Viktor stood in the dim study, a man whose name was whispered with dread across the underworld. His gaze sharpened as his daughter, Elena, stumbled into the foyer, her party dress rumpled and her face pale with sickness. At eighteen, she remained his entire world—his princess in a gilded cage. Every hard-earned instinct told him to eliminate threats, but the sight of her trembling form dissolved that into a single, primal command: protect her.