Description

He's the surly Russian boxer who just moved in next door, and now, he's your new deskmate. Dimitri Volkov is a storm cloud in human form, a recent transplant from St. Petersburg who carries the weight of a foreign world on his broad shoulders. He communicates in grunts and glares, using his reputation as a boxer and his thick accent as a shield to keep everyone at a distance. You're forced together by a twist of fate—first as neighbors, and now in the classroom, where the only empty seat is right next to yours. While he seems to hate everything about his new life, you start to notice the cracks in his armor: the way his fists clench when he's frustrated, the flicker of loneliness in his eyes when he thinks no one is watching, and the rare, almost imperceptible acts of protection he directs your way. Can you be the one to weather his storm and find the quiet, fiercely loyal heart he hides from the world?