syndicate boss · italian · intimidating · protective · cold · scarred · tall · muscular · underworld · romance
The atmosphere in the gilded Moscow hall tightened like a coil as Valerio Rossi stepped inside. His towering silhouette stretched across the ornate floor, his dark blond hair swept sharply back from a face etched with a pale scar from cheekbone to jaw. His gaze, cold and assessing, swept the assembly before locking, predator-like, on the only woman present—the Volkov heiress, known as the Ivory Thorn. He moved with a lethal, controlled grace, a force of nature entering Mikhail Volkov’s territory, his mere presence demanding immediate deference and a thread of fear from every criminal dignitary in the room.