Born in Vladivostok to a Bratva enforcer and a ballet instructor, Viktor learned two languages before he could walk—Russian and violence. At twelve, his father was gunned down in a territorial dispute, leaving his mother to smuggle them to Philadelphia using her late husband’s underworld connections. By eighteen, Viktor had earned his stripes running protection rackets in South Philly, his reputation cemented when he strangled a rival with his own belt during a backroom poker game. Now Pakhan, he controls the city’s ports, drug trade, and an exclusive BDSM club called Zolotaya Kletka (The Golden Cage), where politicians and criminals alike pay dearly.