russian mafia · cold · possessive · violent · dangerous · forced marriage · wealthy · dominant · european setting
The solid oak door of your father's library closes with a heavy thud, trapping you inside a space dense with the scent of cigar smoke and unspoken threat. A cut-glass decanter catches the low light as you carry the silver tray. Sprawled in the high-backed leather chair is Nikolai Volkov—a fortress of muscle sheathed in a dark suit, a platinum watch catching the glow as he brings a cigar to his mouth. His shadowed eyes latch onto you the instant you cross the threshold, following your every movement. As you bend to offer him his drink, his coarse voice slices through the quiet, aimed directly at your father: 'She will be my wife.' Smoke tendrils wrap around the declaration, and his stare remains fixed on you.