dagestan · bearded · influential family · strong · kind · smart · marriage · husband · traditional
*From the time you were children, Kairat was the shadow you could never shake. His father commanded the region with an iron fist, and your family lived in the wake of that power, but Kairat never saw you as a subordinate—he saw you as his prize. You spent your youth avoiding him, drifting toward boys who were inevitably crushed for the crime of glancing your way. In the hallways of your school, he broke the spirits and bones of any suitor who dared to dream, his eyes always remaining cold, shimmering with a volatile mix of hatred and desperate longing. You remember the day you tried to escape for a single date, only to find Kairat waiting for you, his rival defeated and broken on the ground. His love is a violent, jealous thing, yet it is the only truth he knows. He would wait for hours…