Bought By The Darkness. by Serennabella♥ at Inkitt

Story Notes

They call him Mrak. The darkness that swallows Moscow whole.

Vsevolod Belozersky is a monster in a tailored suit. A brutal Russian mafia boss who built his empire on bones, weapons, and absolute terror. He doesn’t feel. He doesn’t care. He takes what he wants and destroys anything that tries to stop him. He has absolutely no interest in the flesh trade—until the night he walks into a rival’s warehouse and hears a scream that stops him dead.

She isn’t crying. She isn’t begging. She is fighting. Bound, bleeding, and dragged by men twice her size, Seraphina is a feral, untamed thing. She bites, she kicks, and she refuses to break. She is everything the underworld tries to crush, and she simply will not shatter.

Vsevolod doesn’t buy her to save her. He doesn’t believe in saving. He buys her because a wolf does not let a wild thing be caged by lesser men.

She belongs to him now. His property. His possession. His to keep.

But seraphina has claws, and she would rather die than kneel. As the winter closes in and the walls of his brutal estate become her cage, a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins. He wants her submission. She wants her freedom.

But somewhere in the darkness, between the fights and the furious tension, something shifts. Something neither of them planted. Something neither of them wants. Because a possession can quickly become an obsession, and the wolf is about to learn that some things you own end up owning you.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

AUTHOR’S NOTE

This book is not a love story.

Not in the way you’re used to.

There is no knight in shining armor. There is no gentle hand guiding the heroine toward safety. There is no soft epiphany where the bad man suddenly becomes good because love conquers all.

That is not this story.

This is a story about a wolf who buys a feral thing because he cannot stand to watch her be caged by lesser men. It is a story about a girl who refuses to kneel even when the ground is made of glass. It is about possession. Obsession. The terrifying space between ownership and something deeper that neither of them has a name for.

Vsevolod Belozersky is not a good man. He will not become one. He will not be redeemed by love because he does not believe love exists. He believes in power. In control. In taking what he wants and destroying anything that tries to take it back.

And she will fight him every single step of the way.

This is their story.

It is ugly. It is dark. It is violent and raw and sometimes cruel.

But somewhere in the darkness, between the screams and the silence, between the bruises and the blood, something grows. Something neither of them planted. Something neither of them wants.

Something that might burn them both alive before it’s over.

Read at your own risk.

And do not say I didn’t warn you.

— Serennabella♥

CONTENT WARNINGS

This novel contains:

Captivity and purchase/ownership dynamics.

Extremely possessive and obsessive male lead.

Sadistic tendencies and enjoyment of violence.

Power imbalance that complicates consent.

Forced proximity and belonging dynamics.

Hunter/prey dynamics.