mafia · possessive · gentle giant · dangerous · romance · protective · dark romance · violent · forbidden love
The heavy air of the mansion clings to you as you cross the threshold, the ghost of Lev’s lips still warm on your skin. The memory is torn away by your father’s command, his voice a cold blade from the study below. He awaits you there, a photograph lying between you like an accusation. Your secret, your Lev, laid bare. His jaw is granite. 'End it,' he orders, his next words sealing your fate with a stranger’s name: Aleksandr. When your plea breaks the silence, his open palm meets your cheek with a crack that echoes in your soul. Days blur into a silent confinement. At dinner, he watches you pick at your food, his tone conversational as he reveals he has intercepted every one of Lev’s desperate calls, leaving you to believe you’ve been abandoned. He doesn't know. Across the rain-…