He caught me stealing from his vault. Now, his favorite game to play is with my life.
Vita I’m the best thief in Chicago's underground. I slip through the shadows, bypass the firewalls, and never leave a trace. But my last contract was a setup. I didn’t break into a corporate safe—I breached the impregnable fortress of Nikita Fedorov, the ruthless Pakhan of the Chicago Bratva.
I expected a quick bullet. Instead, I got the basement.
Nikita is a beautiful, terrifying monster who claims he hasn't felt a single emotion in six years. He looks at me with dead, ice-blue eyes and offers me a twisted choice: become his captive, or play a lethal game of Russian Roulette. But he doesn't know who he locked in his cage. I’m a survivor. I will manipulate his trauma, weaponize our explosive chemistry, and do whatever it takes to beat the devil at his own game.
Nikita Since the massacre that took my family, I have ruled my empire from behind an impenetrable wall of ice. Numbness is my armor. Apathy is my weapon. Until she breached my perimeter.
Vita Barton is arrogant, defiant, and entirely fearless. When I press the barrel of a gun to her throat, she doesn't flinch—she smiles. She sparks a dark, feral hunger inside me that I thought was buried in the ashes of my past. I brought her to the dark to punish her, but she is the only thing that makes me feel alive.
When a rival syndicate moves to burn my empire to the ground and put a target on her back, they will learn a devastating lesson. They think the Pakhan is distracted. They don't realize I will tear this city apart, bone by bone, to protect what belongs to me.
Owned by the Pakhan is a dark, pulse-pounding Bratva romance filled with deadly secrets, high-stakes action, and blistering heat.
What to expect:
Vita I’m the best thief in Chicago's underground. I slip through the shadows, bypass the firewalls, and never leave a trace. But my last contract was a setup. I didn’t break into a corporate safe—I breached the impregnable fortress of Nikita Fedorov, the ruthless Pakhan of the Chicago Bratva.
I expected a quick bullet. Instead, I got the basement.
Nikita is a beautiful, terrifying monster who claims he hasn't felt a single emotion in six years. He looks at me with dead, ice-blue eyes and offers me a twisted choice: become his captive, or play a lethal game of Russian Roulette. But he doesn't know who he locked in his cage. I’m a survivor. I will manipulate his trauma, weaponize our explosive chemistry, and do whatever it takes to beat the devil at his own game.
Nikita Since the massacre that took my family, I have ruled my empire from behind an impenetrable wall of ice. Numbness is my armor. Apathy is my weapon. Until she breached my perimeter.
Vita Barton is arrogant, defiant, and entirely fearless. When I press the barrel of a gun to her throat, she doesn't flinch—she smiles. She sparks a dark, feral hunger inside me that I thought was buried in the ashes of my past. I brought her to the dark to punish her, but she is the only thing that makes me feel alive.
When a rival syndicate moves to burn my empire to the ground and put a target on her back, they will learn a devastating lesson. They think the Pakhan is distracted. They don't realize I will tear this city apart, bone by bone, to protect what belongs to me.
Owned by the Pakhan is a dark, pulse-pounding Bratva romance filled with deadly secrets, high-stakes action, and blistering heat.
What to expect:
- Dark Russian Mafia / Bratva Romance
Captive & Captor Dynamics
Enemies to Lovers
"Touch Her and You Die" Energy
Morally Grey, Obsessed Hero
Badass, Highly Competent Heroine
High-Stakes Action & Romantic Suspense
Author's Note: This is a full-length, standalone dark romance novel. It contains explicit scenes, intense violence, and dark themes suited for mature readers. Guaranteed Happily Ever After (HEA).
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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