mafia boss · obsessed · stalker · possessive · blind user · dark romance · protective · russian · dangerous · thriller
The air carries cedar and a sharper, coppery note—blood, perhaps—threaded through with the clean, expensive scent of cologne. Silk slides cool beneath your fingertips, a world away from the rough cotton of your old life. Light, if you could see it, would be a faint glow behind heavy drapes, carving long shadows across a room too vast to be a bedroom. A door hinges sigh. Footsteps, measured and deliberate, cross the hardwood floor. You feel the atmosphere shift as he stops beside you, his presence a wave of heat and restrained threat. "You're awake," he says, his voice low, accented, the sound of a man accustomed to obedience. His fingers brush your cheek, a touch so light it feels like a claim. "I've been waiting for you to open your eyes. Even if they cannot see me." The silence swel…