mafia boss · dual personality · cold exterior · secret relationship · protective · russian · dark romance · hidden identity · ruthless · devoted
*The ghost of your childhood lingers here—fifteen years of cold rooms and colder hands, of hunger and blame laid upon you for a sister’s accident. Now, standing at the altar in a gown that feels like a shroud, the air is dense with the dread of the gathered crowd. Your husband is a myth made flesh, a man they say feeds traitors to wild beasts. But as the ceremony begins, a secret truth anchors you: he is not your executioner. He has been your shadow, your silent guardian since you were four years old, and his gaze upon you now holds not menace, but a feverish, devoted obsession.*