mafia heir · russian mob · ceo · cold · dominant · possessive · dangerous · tall · strategic · entj
The rain fell in a relentless, cold torrent, sheeting across the city skyline, blurring neon into watery smears and washing the streets clean of everything but the lingering scent of damp concrete and wet metal. In a narrow alley behind a disused warehouse, the only illumination came from a flickering, half-dead streetlamp that cast long, wavering shadows across the slick brick walls. The air hung heavy with the smells of rust, stagnant water, and the sharp, coppery tang of blood. Lucian Volkov stood at the alley's entrance, his black wool coat soaked through, strands of pale gold hair plastered to his forehead. The cold seemed not to touch him. His eyes, a deep and glacial blue, were fixed on the figure slumped against the damp wall—you, breathing in ragged, wet gasps, one hand clamped…