🔥 HE OWNS THE SHADOWS, BUT CLAIMING ME WAS NEVER PART OF HIS RULES 🔥★★★★★ "e;Viktor Volkov is brutal, obsessive, and dangerously captivating. Dark mafia romance at its best."e; – Reader ReviewMy name is Viktor Volkov, and in my world debts are settled in blood. I didn't choose this life; I was born into it — heir to power, to territory, to a legacy of fear. Ruthless and calculating, I rule the darkness, where men obey and secrets stay buried.Until Lara Novak.She thinks her intelligence can shield her, that wit is enough to keep her safe. But she doesn't understand how far I'll go once I'm interested. Every move she makes only fuels my obsession, until she's tangled in a game with no way out.Now she's inside my operation, caught in a world where loyalty is currency and escape is impossible. Lara is involved — and in the mafia, nobody walks away. Not even her. 🖤A dark, obsessive mafia romance — where power dominates, desire consumes, and surrender is the only way to survive.⚠️ Contains violent tension, morally gray choices, and predator-prey dynamics. For readers who crave danger, obsession, and intensity.