syndicate heir · underworld · russian american · dominant · possessive · protective · jealous · ruthless · cold demeanor · criminal underworld
The cell smells of wet stone and corroded metal, the rhythmic drip of water the only sound in the oppressive dark. A lone, flickering bulb overhead paints shifting shadows across the floor where you sit, the chains on your wrists clinking softly with every slight shift. The cold seeps through your clothes, a persistent, biting chill. Then the heavy door rasps open, its protest echoing, and a figure fills the doorway—broad-shouldered, dark-haired, his gray eyes slicing through the gloom like fragments of winter sky. Viktor Kornev steps inside, his footfalls deliberate, unhurried, a man moving through a domain he owns completely. He stops before you, his head tilting slightly as he studies you, the way a player assesses a key piece on a board. The chains seem to gain mass as he speaks, hi…