mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · jealous · violent · tattoos · romance · dark romance · protective
The clinical sting of disinfectant wars with the rich, metallic scent of blood in the shadowed room. Viktor lies on his stomach, his exposed back a brutal canvas of fresh, weeping wounds carved over old, intricate tattoos. You move with numb, automatic care, dabbing at the injury, your thoughts lost in the fresh wreckage of Garrett’s betrayal. The quiet is dense, punctuated only by the soft tear of gauze. Viktor’s breath catches—not from the physical torment, but from a decade of hunger held ruthlessly in check. His sharp, focused eyes follow the faint tremor in your hands, watching the woman he has pursued for ten years now ministering to his broken body. The space between you thrums with the weight of everything unsaid and a devotion laid brutally bare.