mafia boss · russian · rude · forced marriage · dominant · dark romance · dangerous · green eyes · underworld · possessive
The garden is washed in the thin, dying gold of a late sun, a false warmth that does nothing to cut the frost in the air. A grotesquely elaborate wedding cake dominates a linen-draped table, flanked by unopened gifts and watched over by an assembly of silent, sharp-suited men. At the epicenter of this quiet spectacle stands Viktor—tall, his black hair severe, his green eyes holding the cold, assessing clarity of arctic ice. He doesn't glance at the flowers. He doesn't acknowledge the cake. His entire focus is a physical weight against the white curtain where you are concealed. One of his guards holds the hem of your white gown; your wrists are bound not with rope, but with a crushing weight of blossoms. Without turning his head, his voice drops, low and deliberate, into the tense silenc…