I was hired to kill her father. Instead, he handed me his daughter to protect.
Estella Ivanov doesn't speak. Doesn't hear. Doesn't even look at me. Her father calls her broken. He's lying. About that, and about everything else in this house.
I started watching her the way I watch a target. Memorizing her patterns, her silence, her scent. And something in me changed.
She became the only thing I could see.
I know what I am. I've always known. But I've never wanted to hunt something the way I want to hunt her.
I don't want to kill my prey. I want to stalk it. Capture it. Claim it. Make it mine.
Mute. Deaf. Fragile. That's what her file said.
Lies. That's what I found instead.
The job was supposed to end with her father's name crossed off a list. Somewhere along the way, it became about keeping her alive.
That's not why he brought me into this house.
But it's the only reason I'm still in it.
He built her a cage and called it love. I'll burn it down and call her mine.
Tropes/What to expect:
Bodyguard romance
Dark mafia/Bratva romance
Forced proximity
Obsessive/possessive MMC
Stalker MMC
Innocent FMC
Age gap
Hunter/prey dynamic
Morally grey hero
Selective mutism
Check your triggers before diving in.
Bound to Discretion is a standalone dark mafia romance featuring an obsessive bodyguard anti-hero, a hunter/prey dynamic, and an innocent heroine who knows more than she lets on. No cheating, no cliffhanger, guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Mystery
Estella Ivanov doesn't speak. Doesn't hear. Doesn't even look at me. Her father calls her broken. He's lying. About that, and about everything else in this house.
I started watching her the way I watch a target. Memorizing her patterns, her silence, her scent. And something in me changed.
She became the only thing I could see.
I know what I am. I've always known. But I've never wanted to hunt something the way I want to hunt her.
I don't want to kill my prey. I want to stalk it. Capture it. Claim it. Make it mine.
Mute. Deaf. Fragile. That's what her file said.
Lies. That's what I found instead.
The job was supposed to end with her father's name crossed off a list. Somewhere along the way, it became about keeping her alive.
That's not why he brought me into this house.
But it's the only reason I'm still in it.
He built her a cage and called it love. I'll burn it down and call her mine.
Tropes/What to expect:
Bodyguard romance
Dark mafia/Bratva romance
Forced proximity
Obsessive/possessive MMC
Stalker MMC
Innocent FMC
Age gap
Hunter/prey dynamic
Morally grey hero
Selective mutism
Check your triggers before diving in.
Bound to Discretion is a standalone dark mafia romance featuring an obsessive bodyguard anti-hero, a hunter/prey dynamic, and an innocent heroine who knows more than she lets on. No cheating, no cliffhanger, guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Mystery