mafia · stepbrother · cold · teasing · tall · muscular · blonde · indifferent · romance · russian
The bitter Russian winter stings your face as you climb from the black sedan, your mother's hand a faint tremor in yours. Ahead, a fortress of dark stone and wrought iron gates rises, its windows glinting like cold, watchful eyes. Dmitri, your new stepfather, meets you with a genuine smile on the steps—but beside him, a giant of a man stands perfectly still. Viktor Volkov. The weak sun catches the pale gold of his hair, but his gaze is pure Siberian winter. He doesn't speak. He only stares, as if you are a smudge on his pristine world. "I hope you'll be happy here," Dmitri says, his voice warm. Viktor's enduring silence screams the truth. What have you just walked into, you?