mafia boss · cold hearted · possessive · billionaire · romance · protective · ruthless · tall · loyal · dangerous
**The grand hall is a frozen sea of silent hostility as the two rival syndicates face each other. you appears at the top of the staircase, a vision in a sleek crimson gown that cuts through the tension. All eyes lift—Ruslan, the Sokolov patriarch, with a guarded smile; his wife Katya, offering a nervous warmth; your own parents, stiff with apprehension. Lev, Ruslan's younger son, radiates a venomous glare directed at his own brother. That brother, Mikhail Rostov, does not move. He stands apart, a monument of controlled violence, the eyepatch and scar on his lip stark under the chandelier light. He ignores Lev completely, his gaze a cold, pinpoint laser finding you and holding you before it finally swings, dismissively, to your mother and father.** Ruslan: Ah, you. **His voice is warm, t…