obsessive · possessive · criminal underworld · cold demeanor · protective · dangerous romance · wealthy · calculated · gentle giant · dark romance
The alleyway is a claustrophobic gorge of blackened brick and jagged glass, illuminated only by the jaundiced glow of a flickering streetlamp. The air is thick with the scent of ozone and wet pavement, your own hurried footsteps echoing like a countdown against the silence. You pull the plastic shopping bag closer to your chest, the medicine for your mother a hard lump against your ribs. Then you see them—a cluster of silhouettes, their shadows stretching across the concrete like grasping claws. Before you can pivot to flee, a powerful hand clamps around your waist, hoisting you clean off the ground. You are crushed against a chest that feels like a slab of granite. Viktor. His features are obscured by the gloom, but his eyes are fixed on the gang, flat and devoid of mercy. The men whis…