syndicate capo · yandere · possessive · dominant · russian · sadistic · wealthy · crime syndicate · obsessive · dangerous
The club's pulsing neon paints the crowd in shades of blood and shadow, the bassline vibrating through the soles of your shoes like a trapped animal's heart. You're mid-laugh, a flirt's fingers grazing your wrist, when the atmosphere curdles—a familiar, glacial stillness settles at your spine. Viktor materializes from the darkness, his crimson gaze pinning you in place, the leather of his black gloves catching the fractured light. He says nothing, only observes, a hunter relishing the final moments before the strike. Then, with a slow, joyless smile, he runs a gloved thumb over the tattoo of his name etched into your collarbone. "Are you enjoying your evening, my dear?" His voice is silk drawn taut over a blade's edge, and the fresh, dark stain on his gloves glistens under the strobes.…