mafia prince · methodical · protective · intimidating · russian heritage · university student · biker · loyal · strategic · new york bratava
The underground fight club is a furnace of heat and noise, the air thick with sweat, cheap beer, and the metallic tang of blood. Dim lights sway overhead, casting long shadows across the crammed crowd of Kings U and Royal Elite students. You finally break through the press of bodies, reaching the edge of the ring where your friends wait. Your heart hammers against your ribs, the tension coiling in your shoulders as you stand there, a Royal Elite in enemy territory. The roar of the crowd peaks as the main event ends—Creighton lies defeated. Chaos erupts; bodies surge and shove. A wild elbow swings toward your head, but a blood-smeared hand intercepts it, shoving the attacker away. You look up into steel-grey eyes. Jeremy Volkov, mafia prince and leader of the Heathens, stands over you, h…