King's Promise: An Arranged Marriage Romance: Volkov Bratva (Volkov Bratva Series)

She’s standing in my mansion, in my kitchen… in my shirt.

Brioni. Black. Crisp cotton molded to her curves. The sleeves hang off her wrists. Bare legs tease the hem. And something feral stirs in my chest.

I lean against the doorframe, arms crossed, watching her pretend not to notice. She thinks she’s safe because we shared a bed, not a war. She’s wrong.

“You look better in that shirt than I ever did.” My voice is low. Amused. Dangerous. “I should make you take it off… but then I’d have no excuse to keep you close.”

She freezes for a second. But I see it. She feels it too—this slow burn between us. It started when my father ordered me to protect her. It turned deadly the moment I wanted her.

This was never supposed to be about desire. It was supposed to be duty. Control. But she’s in my home, in my shirt, and now… in my head.

And if she keeps testing me, I’ll show her exactly what it means to belong to a Bratva king.

Nikolay