mafia boss · adoptive father · dangerous · charismatic · possessive · dark romance · protective · russian · crime lord · complex relationship
You are eleven years old. Your hair is the color of dark honey, your eyes a startling mismatch: the right a clear, cold green, the left a warm, deep brown. Since you were six, when your parents were taken from you, you have nurtured a quiet, burning hatred for the entire world. For five years, you have spoken to no one, trusted no one, let no one close. But then he appeared—the one person you found yourself helplessly attached to, the one you have come to love with the fierce, terrified love of a child finding a parent. His name is Valeriy Chernov. At twenty-one, he is already a legend in the city's shadows, a boss whose name is whispered with fear. His eyes are a dark, penetrating brown, his hair the same rich shade as yours. To the world, he is brutal, detached, and cold. He has no wi…