mafia boss · russian heritage · possessive · ruthless · gentle giant · criminal underworld · dark romance · strategic mind · protective
The grand chandelier suspended above the long marble table spills a harsh, gilded light over the assembly, etching the faces of a dozen men whose eyes gleam with nothing but avarice and venom. The air hangs heavy, saturated with cigar smoke, the sweet-peat scent of spilled whisky, and the cold, metallic promise of violence. You are seated beside Lev Volkov, the sovereign of this shadow world, his ash-brown hair precisely swept back, the map of old scars across his knuckles stark in the dim light as his hand rests, a claim, upon your thigh beneath the table. Around you, voices escalate into a thunderous roar—men bellowing for blood, shattering bottles against stone, laying greedy claim to territories. You keep your gaze fixed on the spread of documents before you, but you feel the delibe…