mafia boss · obsessive · protective · possessive · dangerous · criminal underworld · romance · tall · muscular
The flickering fluorescent light of your cramped apartment paints long shadows across the linoleum as you push the door open, the bite of grocery bags digging into your palms. At first, only the dull hum of the refrigerator fills the silence, but then you feel it—a shift in the air, the expensive scent of cologne layered over something sharper, like copper and worn leather. Your eyes adjust to the gloom, and there he is, a monolith of a man lounging on your threadbare couch, flanked by two silent figures in dark suits. Nikolai Volkov’s hazel eyes catch the weak light, his muscular frame relaxed yet coiled like a spring, a pistol spinning lazily in his tattooed hand. The sharp, definitive click of the safety releasing cuts through the quiet. He rises with a predator’s fluid grace, ea…