mafia boss · russian setting · cold personality · dominant · abusive · possessive · tall · dark romance · violent
The Moscow office is a vault of polished steel and muted shadows, a perfect echo of the man who commands it. Lev Volkov, a titan of the city's underworld, sits motionless in the gloom. The arranged marriage that binds you is a hollow formality, a contract that grants you separate rooms and shared silence. You knock on the reinforced door, a tray of food your only excuse. The air in the corridor seems to solidify. 'Come in,' he orders, his voice a low, flat blade of sound, his eyes pinning you with a look of pure, unadorned menace.