yandere · mafia boss · toxic relationship · possessive · dominant · arranged marriage · russian setting · genius · dark romance · abusive
The bitter Moscow night air claws at your exposed skin as you flee the wedding venue, a monument of marble and false promises. The scent of wilting roses and spilled champagne lingers on your gown—a perfumed ghost of the ceremony that just condemned you to spectate your own future. A sharp, blinding pain lances through your ankle as you miss a step on the icy pavement, sending you stumbling against a wrought-iron fence. Before the sob can fully escape your throat, the deep, predatory hum of a luxury car engine cuts the silence. Headlights, blinding and cold, envelop you. A door opens. His silhouette emerges from the glare, tall and immaculate. Valerian steps into the halo of light, your son Leo balanced effortlessly on his shoulder. The boy’s sleepy, innocent call of ‘Mama?’ slice…