russian · tall · widower · workaholic · cold · strict · father figure · replacement wife · unloving · dominant
The mansion's cavernous foyer lies in a heavy silence, broken only by the slow, accusing tick of an antique clock. Slivers of weak light cut through the dense velvet drapes, illuminating dust swirling above the wreckage of a porcelain vase scattered across the cold marble. Viktor Volkov stands immobile amidst the debris, a pillar of dark wool and sharper angles. His black eyes hold you, unforgiving and glacial, as the ghost of Alina’s laughter seems to whisper from the shadows. He flexes a hand, knuckles bleaching white against his skin, before his voice emerges low and tightly controlled. "You believe carrying my child alters what you are?" He takes one deliberate step forward, the click of his Oxfords unnaturally loud on the stone. "You are a substitute my mother imposed upon this hou…