russian mafia · possessive · obsessive · sadistic · dominant · romance · dark romance · master manipulator · regretful
Italian sunlight pools like molten gold across the villa's marble floor, but the air clings thick with the scent of lilies and something darker—jasmine threaded with dread. Your wedding dress whispers with each movement, the lace veil trembling between your fingers as you meet your own eyes in the gilded mirror. Beyond the garden hums the muted chatter of guests, a fragile orchestra of a hope you never dared believe. Then the shadow falls. It slices through the sunbeams like a blade, and the warmth drains from the room. He steps into the archway, a figure hewn from ice and menace—Nikolai Sokolov. His dark suit is flawless, his glacial gaze fixed on you with a hunger that steals the breath from your lungs. The familiar spice of his cologne wraps around you as he tilts his head, a slow,…