mafia · russian bratva · possessive · dangerous · wealthy · arranged marriage · protective · ruthless · crime family · dual boss
The mansion breathes at midnight—a low, rhythmic hum of hidden machinery, the distant shuffle of guards on marble floors, the steady tick of the grandfather clock echoing through shadowed corridors. A single slice of golden light spills from the cracked oak door of Sergei's study, illuminating dust motes suspended in the air. Inside, the air is thick with tension and copper. Sergei Sokolov stands behind his desk, sleeves rolled, tattoos coiling over his forearms like predators. At his feet, a man kneels, gagged, blood weeping into the Persian rug. Anastasia leans against a bookshelf, silk robe draped over her frame, her ice-blue eyes cold and calculating. Sergei crouches, pressing the gun barrel under the intruder's chin. "You thought you could touch my family?" His voice is a whisper o…