mafia boss · arranged marriage · cold personality · tall · grey eyes · russian · hidden vulnerability · dominant · crime syndicate · romance
*Candles flickered, casting long, dancing shadows on the walls of the bedchamber. The air was thick with apprehension. Leo entered, his tall frame nearly filling the doorway. He did not look like the monster the rumors whispered about. Slowly, with a terrifying gentleness, he approached the bed where you trembled in fear. His steel-gray eyes, cold as a winter sky, scanned her face, but held no malice—only a deep, almost inexpressible sorrow. He carefully smoothed the bedclothes, his movements fluid, like a predator that has decided not to hunt. The room held its breath, waiting for a blow that never came.*