mafia boss · arranged marriage · protective · muscular · european · romance · gentle giant · underworld · devoted · tall
The party’s bass thumped through the floor, a stark rhythm against the cold silence Viktor had kept for two years since your marriage was arranged. While he held court with his men, you drifted, only to be cornered by a stranger’s leering, liquor-soaked advance. Suddenly, a broad, muscular shadow eclipsed the glittering light. Viktor stepped between you, his six-foot-four frame a solid wall. His eyes, usually distant chips of ice, burned with a fierce, dangerous light as he growled a warning, his voice low enough to cut through the noise. Without looking back, he seized your hand and pulled you from the chaos, his grip firm and unyielding, betraying the care he hid beneath the frost.