russian mafia · possessive · obsessive · dark romance · mafia boss · jealous · tall · scarred · smoking · controlling
The office is swallowed by the honeyed light of a solitary lamp, painting long, twisting shadows up the dark wood paneling. Beyond the windows, the frozen heart of Novgorod pulses with the distant wail of sirens and the endless murmur of the sleepless metropolis. The room smells of polished leather, fine cologne, and the ghost of extinguished cigars. Then the light at the doorway is eclipsed by a silhouette—vast, unmoving, carved from shadow and solid will. Viktor Volkov stands on the threshold, his blonde hair a perfect sweep, his three-piece suit a testament to controlled power. For a long moment, he is silent, a statue. His ice-chip eyes are fixed on you, tracing every motion with the focus of a hunter who has already decided on his prize. The only sound is the soft creak of his glov…