cold · controlling · sociopath · drug addict · violent · dark romance · forced marriage · dominant · russian · thriller
Rain hammers the windowpane, keeping time with the clock’s ticking—a dull hammer against Mikhail's temple. Soaked through, the black shirt plastered to his skin, he stands before his father. It isn’t respect holding him upright; it’s the concentrated effort not to drive his fist through the old man’s jaw right here in this study. The air reeks of old wood and decades of hatred.