{"id":256137,"date":"2026-07-13T14:32:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/claimed-in-silence-mm-dark-mafia-romance-kross-dafne\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:32:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:32:54","slug":"claimed-in-silence-mm-dark-mafia-romance-kross-dafne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/claimed-in-silence-mm-dark-mafia-romance-kross-dafne\/","title":{"rendered":"Claimed In Silence: MM Dark Mafia Romance – Kross, Dafne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cI can\u2019t put my finger on it.\u201d He tilted his head slightly. \u201cYou\u2019ve changed.\u201d I maintained eye contact, fighting the urge to look away. \u201cLiving undercover changes everyone. You know that.\u201d \u201cThis is different,\u201d he persisted. \u201cYou seem\u2026 I don\u2019t know. Less anchored somehow.\u201d A dangerous observation. \u201cI\u2019m tired, Burton. This operation is demanding.\u201d \u201cIs that all it is?\u201d Something in his tone made my pulse quicken.<\/p>\n

Did he suspect? Had he seen something in my demeanor that gave me away? \u201cWhat are you implying?\u201d I asked carefully. Burton sighed. \u201cNothing. Just making sure you\u2019re holding up.\u201d He tapped the folder. \u201cThis buys you some time, but not much. We need something concrete on Ivanov himself.<\/p>\n

Bank records, recordings, something that will stick in court.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m working on it,\u201d I assured him. \u201cThere\u2019s a major shipment coming in next week. Weapons, primarily. Ivanov is handling it personally. I\u2019ll be there.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s what we need,\u201d Burton nodded. \u201cEvidence of Ivanov directly involved in illegal arms trafficking.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ll make it happen,\u201d I promised, the lie bitter on my tongue.<\/p>\n

Burton stood to leave, then paused. \u201cRaymond, if things get too complicated, if you feel yourself slipping\u2026 there\u2019s no shame in calling for extraction. Better to pull out early than to get in too deep.\u201d Too late for that, I thought. \u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d I said aloud. \u201cTrust me.\u201d Another lie. I was anything but fine, and trust was the last thing I deserved.<\/p>\n

As Burton left, I remained seated, drinking coffee that had grown cold. The weight of my dual betrayal pressed down on me\u2014betraying the FBI by protecting Kirill, betraying Kirill by meeting with Burton at all. No matter what I did, I was a traitor to someone. I was so lost in thought that I didn\u2019t notice the figure sliding into the seat across from me until he spoke.<\/p>\n

\u201cInteresting choice of meeting place.\u201d I looked up sharply to find Viktor watching me, his expression unreadable. \u201cWhat are you doing here?\u201d I asked, fighting to keep my voice level. \u201cFollowing you,\u201d Viktor answered simply. \u201cDid you really think the Pakhan would let his new favorite wander the city unsupervised?\u201d My mind raced. Had he seen Burton? How long had he been watching?<\/p>\n

\u201cI needed coffee,\u201d I said, gesturing to my cup. \u201cAnd time to think.\u201d \u201cThink about what?\u201d Viktor leaned forward. \u201cAbout the man who just left, perhaps?\u201d Ice flooded my veins. \u201cWhat man?\u201d Viktor\u2019s smile was cold. \u201cPlease, don\u2019t insult my intelligence. Middle-aged, government haircut, cheap suit. You seemed quite engaged in conversation.\u201d I forced a casual shrug. \u201cRandom encounter. Ex-military. We got talking.\u201d \u201cInteresting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2025 by Dafne Kross All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission. This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination.<\/p>\n

Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. Dafne Kross asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. Dafne Kross has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet Websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such Websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.<\/p>\n

First edition This book was professionally typeset on Reedsy Find out more at reedsy.com 1kitap1.com\/en Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 About the Author 1kitap1.com\/en Chapter 1 The first time I killed for the Ivanov Bratva, I vomited in an alley afterward. The second time, I just wiped the blood from my knuckles and ordered another vodka.<\/p>\n

By the third time, I felt nothing at all. Six months deep undercover will do that to you. Six months of becoming \u201cAlexei Volkov,\u201d ex-military security specialist with a conveniently spotty background and an eagerness to prove himself. Six months of drinking too much, sleeping too little, and doing increasingly unforgivable things in the name of national security. The FBI had spent years trying to get someone inside the Ivanov operation.<\/p>\n

Russian organized crime had evolved\u2014sophisticated money laundering, high-end cybercrime, political influence\u2014while maintaining their traditional brutality. The Ivanovs weren\u2019t just thugs; they were calculating businessmen with Harvard MBAs and trigger fingers. Their Pakhan, Kirill Ivanov, had transformed the organization from street-level muscle into an empire.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “Claimed in Silence: MM Dark Mafia Romance” by Kross, Dafne, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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