Stranded With the Pakhan (Sins of the Bratva)

I only took the job because I needed the money.A yacht. One night. No questions asked.Then I learned who my client really was.Nikolai Alekseev.Bratva Pakhan.A man whose name ends conversations—and lives.I should’ve run.Instead, the storm came first.The sea swallowed his empire—and stranded me with a man who’s used to owning everything.No guards. No guns. No rules.Just survival… and a predator without his crown.Out there, he isn’t a king.He’s watching me like he’s already decided I’m his.I tell myself it’s just the island.Just fear. Just proximity.Until his hands claim my body.Until his voice turns into a command I obey.Until I forget I ever had a choice.When rescue comes, reality comes with it.He goes back to being Pakhan.I go back to being a mistake he refuses to release.Or so I think.Because weeks later, two lines change everything.And I realize the island didn’t leave me empty-handed.Now Nikolai wants what’s his.His child. His claim. His future.He says it’s protection.I call it a cage.But in his world, a Pakhan doesn’t ask.He doesn’t negotiate.And I don’t know if he plans to protect me… or own me.Author’s Note: A dark, emotionally intense Bratva romance featuring survival, forced proximity, possessive hero, secret pregnancy, and power imbalance. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed.