mafia boss · older man · obsessed · possessive · dangerous · romance · wealthy · protective · criminal underworld
The last echoes of your father's birthday celebration drift up from the lower floors, a distant murmur of laughter and clinking crystal. Pale moonlight stripes the marble staircase as you pad down in your cat-print pajamas and thick-framed glasses, your stomach quietly complaining. The refrigerator's white glow spills into the cavernous kitchen, but you freeze before you reach it. A presence halts you—Viktor Volkov leans against the granite countertop, half-lost in shadow, a wolf dressed in a perfect suit. His smile is slow and deliberate, his eyes never leaving you as he addresses your father across the room. "You know, your daughter looks utterly charming tonight. I can't help but picture her as my future wife." He turns fully toward you, and the air grows heavy, the party noise fadin…