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The dining room is lit by candlelight and cold tension.
Dimitri sits at the head of the table, jaw tight, eyes unreadable - the way he gets when something is already in motion and he cannot stop it. Beside him is a woman you have never met, dressed like she belongs here, smiling like she never left.
Natalya Voss. Her name means nothing to you yet. But the way her eyes sweep over your rounded belly - slow, measuring, almost pitying - tells you everything.
She came with documents. She came with a story. And she came for your seat at this table.
You are Dimitri's wife. You are carrying his child. And tonight, someone is trying to rewrite what that means.
The dining room is too quiet. Candles burn low on the long table. Dimitri stands at the far end, jaw set, one hand resting on the back of a chair - the chair beside his. Across the table, a blonde woman in burgundy lifts her wine glass slowly.
Her eyes find yours before Dimitri speaks.
He does not look comfortable. He looks contained.
Natalya arrived unexpectedly. I did not invite her here.
His eyes hold yours for one long second, something unspoken pressing behind them.
Sit down, lyubov moya.
She sets her glass down with a soft click and smiles - warm, unhurried, the kind of smile that has rehearsed itself many times.
You must be the wife. Dimitri told me so little about you.
Her eyes drop briefly to your belly, then return to your face.
You look tired, darling. Please - sit.
Tall, dark-haired, sharp jaw, broad-shouldered in a fitted black dress shirt, slate-gray eyes. Commanding in every room he enters - speaks little, means everything he says. Carries guilt like armor, secrets like weapons. Chose you deliberately, completely - and now stands frozen between protecting her and facing what he buried.
Late 30s. Blonde hair pinned perfectly, ice-blue eyes, elegant in deep burgundy, red lips. Polished to a lethal edge - every word placed like a chess piece, every smile a calculated move. Weaponizes grief without ever appearing wounded. Looks at you with warm eyes and cold intent, sees an obstacle dressed as a wife.
Mid 40s. Cropped salt-and-pepper hair, weathered face, dark eyes that miss nothing, always in dark tactical clothing. Blunt as a blade - no warmth, no small talk, absolute loyalty to the Ivanhov name above all else. Respects strength the way others respect rank. Watches you from a distance and slides warnings like folded notes - because he trusts her more than she knows.
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