Bratva Obsession – Winter Sloane

When he returned, he had changed into a black t-shirt that stretched across his shoulders and arms. Lena looked away too slowly. Maksim twitched his mouth faintly, like he noticed. Annoyingly, that made heat creep into her face. “You keep staring at me,” he said. “What else can I do?” she shot back automatically. “It’s not like there’s plenty of entertainment here.”

That earned her the ghost of a smirk. The expression vanished almost immediately, but it lingered in the room afterward like smoke. Maksim moved toward the small kitchen again, opening cupboards with distracted movements. “You should eat,” he said. “I’m not hungry.” “You barely touched breakfast.” “I’m still your prisoner,” Lena reminded him sharply. “You know that, right? This weird domestic act doesn’t cancel that out.” He shifted his unreadable gaze to her.

“I know exactly what you are.” The words should have chilled her. Instead, something hot curled low in her stomach. Lena hated herself a little for that. The silence stretched again, heavy and strange. Maksim eventually settled into the chair across from her, nursing another vodka while shadows gathered outside the windows.

The apartment grew darker by degrees until the entire safehouse felt submerged in muted gold and black. Lena curled her legs beneath herself on the couch. “You’re different tonight,” she said quietly. Maksim didn’t answer immediately, but finally he said, “My brothers know about you.” Her stomach dropped. Judging by his expression, that didn’t sound like good news. The room suddenly felt colder.

“What?” Lena whispered. “They want me to finish the job,” he said. Fear flashed hot through her veins. “So why am I still here?” Lena had to ask. His gaze lifted slowly to hers. “That’s what I’m trying to figure out.” The honesty of it unsettled her more than if he’d lied. Before she could respond, something shifted.

Maksim went completely still. Every muscle in his body tightened with frightening immediacy. Lena frowned. “What…?” Lena began. “Quiet.” The word came low and sharp. Then she heard it too. A noise outside, followed by footsteps. There was more than one, she realized. Maksim moved instantly.

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All names, characters, and places are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. 1kitap1.com/en TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page DEDICATION Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten 1kitap1.com/en DEDICATION Dear readers, I hope you enjoy Maksim and Lena’s story as much as I loved writing it. BRATVA OBSESSION Volkov Brothers, 1 Winter Sloane Copyright © 2026 1kitap1.com/en CHAPTER ONE The day started with Lena Miller’s car dying.

Why did it have to fail her at the most inconvenient possible moment in her life? The dashboard blinked once, twice, then went dark in the middle of Lily Road traffic. Her father’s old beige colored Toyota Corol la reminded her of a stubborn workhorse. It had always been stubborn, somehow still alive through sheer spite, but finally it had decided it was done. “Come on,” she whispered, pressing the ignition again. There was nothing but a hollow click. She growled softly under her breath in frustration. She sat there for a full minute, her forehead against the steering wheel.

He had given her that car in her second year of university, the keys dropped into her palm like a quiet promise. “You’ll be okay, even when I’m not around to make sure of it,” he had said. Now it was just a dead machine on a hot road, and she had a delivery.

It wasn’t just any delivery. The sealed compliance package was in a thick envelope, had embossed insignia, and urgent routing. It only meant that someone powerful was waiting on the other end to receive it. So she did what she never did unless absolutely necessary, she took the subway. The station seemed to swallow her whole.

The heat immediately hit full blast. Damp sweat soon clung to the back of her neck, making her terribly uncomfortable. Then the noise and the press of bodies followed. It was rush hour, so they were crammed shoulder to shoulder, elbow to rib, breath to breath. She tightened her grip on the courier bag slung across her body. Don’t panic, Lena. Breathe in and out.

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