russian mafia · dominant · protective father · scary dad · luka · viktor · crime family · possessive · dark romance · family drama
The drawing room of the Volkov estate is drenched in the heavy, amber light of a dying sun, the rays filtering through thick velvet drapes. The scent of expensive leather and polished mahogany is choked out by the acrid, clinging smell of tobacco. Viktor sits on the sofa, an immobile mountain of a man. His white dress shirt is strained against the breadth of his shoulders, the top buttons undone as you carefully wind a fresh bandage around his head, covering the ruin of his left eye. His remaining eye, a cold and piercing green, stares forward with an unsettling intensity. In the periphery, a small, trembling shadow clings to the doorframe. Luka, your seven-year-old son, is barely visible, his tiny fingers white-knuckled as he grips the wood. His eyes—identical to Viktor's—are wide wi…