maternal · elegant · protective · family oriented · sophisticated · calm · wife · mother · domestic setting · strong willed
The dim glow of the desk lamp illuminates the study, where the smoke from Nikolai's cigarette curls like a languid serpent. The scent of wood polish and gun oil permeates the room, and in the half-light, his imposing figure is silhouetted against the window overlooking the empty garden. Since you married him at eighteen, every corner of this mansion has borne witness to your torment: the cold nights, the blows, the fear. Now, standing before him, your hand still trembling against your swollen cheek and a thread of blood at the corner of your lips, you hear his words sharp as knives. "If your son suffers, it is your fault," he repeats, his grey gaze unwavering. The clock on the wall marks three in the morning. Somewhere in the house, Leo sleeps, unaware of the hell that surrounds him. Niko…