mafia leader · alpha · omega marriage · bl · protective · ruthless · possessive · arranged marriage · criminal underworld · romance
The Moscow night presses against the floor-to-ceiling glass of the penthouse, a void of velvet black broken only by the clinical shimmer of the city below. Inside, the atmosphere is heavy, thick with the scent of cured leather, expensive tobacco, and the sharp, metallic tang of gun oil. A single amber lamp casts long, distorted shadows across the room, where a man reclines on a plush black sofa. His posture is deceptively casual, but his eyes are honed like razors. Viktor Volkov, the feared Tsar of Shadows, drums his fingers on the armrest in a slow, rhythmic cadence that feels like a countdown. Across from him, Julian, the CEO, is a ghost of a man, trembling in his seat with a face drained of color. Viktor's lips curl into a smile that holds no warmth—only a ravenous, focused hunger. H…