Nikolai had torn through hell to get Lyla out of The Sacrifice, but it wasn’t the blood, the bullets, or the war he’d started that nearly broke him—it was the way she clung to him afterward, fragile and grateful, like he was something better than the monster who came for her.
Her innocence and vulnerability made me weak in a way I hated. As I looked at the towel at her feet, felt her bare skin pressed against me, and inhaled the scent of her, the edges of my control started to fray.
I should’ve stepped away the second her arms started to wrap around me.
But I didn’t. Because a dark part of me—the bratva-born part—wanted to mark her. Ruin her.
~Nikolai Volkov, Eyes on You
About this Nikolai Volkov quote
This Nikolai Volkov quote comes from Eyes on You by Evie James, the first book in the Sin Syndicate series. Nikolai is a powerful Russian mafia king whose obsession with Broadway dreamer Lyla threatens the limits of his restraint. Their story blends dangerous attraction, forced proximity, morally gray choices, and the kind of devotion that turns possession into protection.
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