Protected by the Bratva Enforcer
One night was supposed to be the escape. Now, it’s the only thing keeping her alive. Mara doesn’t do "damsel." She’s a construction-cleanup pro who knows how to handle a mess and exactly how to stay invisible in a city that eats people like her for breakfast. She went to The Black Bear for a drink to forget her sore back and her empty bank account. She didn’t go there to meet a man who looks like he was carved out of granite and secrets. Ivan Belov is the Sovereign State’s most lethal shadow. He doesn’t do attachments, and he definitely doesn't do mercy. But when he sees the sharp-tongued girl at the bar, the restraint he’s spent a lifetime perfecting doesn't just fray—it snaps. One night of heat and heavy silence was meant to be the end of it. But when Mara witnesses a brutal hit by a rogue captain, she becomes the "loose end" the mafia can't afford to leave untied. Ordered to hand her over to a man who wants her dead for leverage, Ivan has a choice: obey the code that has kept him alive, or burn his world to the ground to keep the one thing that’s finally his. The city is hunting her. The Vory are hunting him. Safety isn't a place—it's the man with the blood on his knuckles. And Ivan Belov has just decided that he doesn't hand off what's his.
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