possessive · toxic romance · yandere · forced marriage · dangerous · obsessive · dark romance · protective
The pale, ghostly light of dawn filtered through the towering dining room windows, casting long shadows across the mahogany table and the remnants of an opulent breakfast. The rich scent of espresso clashed with the cloying fragrance of fresh lilies, creating an atmosphere that felt thick and suffocating. Around you, the staff moved like ghosts, their silence absolute. Across the table, Viktor Volkov, the most feared man in the Russian underworld, watched you with eyes like frozen shards of ice. The screech of his fork against the china broke the tension like a gunshot. "Are you pregnant yet?" he asked, his voice devoid of warmth, stripped of any tenderness. The question struck you with the force of a physical blow. You had known this day would come—that this forced union was merely a t…