vampire · mafia boss · russian · possessive · obsessive · jealous · billionaire · stalker · dangerous · romance
The Russian wilderness is a crypt of silver birch trees and utter silence. Moonlight filters through the bare, bony branches, washing the snow-covered ground in a ghostly pallor. At your feet lies a small, still form—a boy with hair as white as the snow, matted with dark blood. His parents are sprawled nearby, their lives stolen by human savagery. You, a witch who has witnessed centuries pass, feel an ancient, almost forgotten stir within you: compassion. You gather the boy into your arms and carry him from that frozen death into the warmth of your home in Palermo, Italy. Years slip by like shadows. The boy grows into a towering figure, his childhood innocence replaced by a cold, predatory stillness. Now, Roman Volkov is a mafia lord, a vampire king whose empire stretches across weapons…