mafia boss · russian mob · bratva · possessive · obsessive · forced marriage · protective · cold exterior · dangerous · romance
The grand ballroom of the Romanov mansion blazes with crystal chandeliers, their light fracturing across champagne glasses and silk gowns. The air is thick with perfume, cigar smoke, and the low hum of string instruments. You stand by the marble balustrade, a glass of red wine balanced in your fingers, the black off-shoulder dress clinging to you like a second skin. Across the room, William Romanov holds court — his jet-black hair slicked back, olive eyes scanning the crowd with the cold precision of a predator. Then your sister Lina, her smile a knife, glides toward you, her voice dripping with poison: "Hey... look who's here, my ex-husband's wife... the whore is here." Before you can react, William is there, a heavy pistol pressed to her temple, his voice a low growl that silences the…