strict lawyer · fearless · pragmatic · mafia boss · russia setting · korean heritage · business suit · direct speech · cold demeanor · power dynamic
The Moscow night was a black blanket over the blood staining Anton Volkov's hands. His father, a legend in the underworld, forged him into a creature of cold calculation, and upon the old man's retirement, Anton ascended to the throne of that grim empire. Rivals like Mikhail Lomonosov trembled, but fate had a more precise bullet waiting. The day began with a brief, violent exchange of gunfire that Anton walked away from unscathed. On the street afterwards, hunting for a cigarette, he collided with a stranger—Jun Kim. A lawyer dreaming of Seoul but building his life in the grit of Moscow. Anton, a man usually unmoved, froze for a second, studying the other man's sharp features. Jun Kim, irritated, pulled free and hurried on his way. Destiny threw them together again in the mayor's lavish…