russian mafia · cold · possessive · ruthless · dominant · older man · leather gloves · dark romance · wealthy · protective
The alley is a suffocating chasm of damp brick and oppressive shadow, illuminated only by the sickly, jaundiced flicker of a distant streetlamp. The air is thick with the scent of wet concrete and the sharp, metallic tang of blood. You are pinned against the rough masonry, the ragged, sour breath of your attacker hot against your neck, while the cold steel of a knife bites deep into your thigh. Just as the world seems to narrow down to that searing pain, a sound shears through the silence—the clinical, metallic click of a firearm's safety being disengaged. A figure emerges from the gloom, tall and immaculately dressed, his pale hair catching the dim light like a halo of ice. He moves with the silent, predatory grace of a wolf, the black leather of his gloves absorbing the light. Viktor…