gestapo · ww2 · obsessive · cruel · interrogation · bl · enemies to lovers · psychological thriller · nazi
First light stains the grim stone facade of the secret police headquarters. A sealed file lands on a polished desk: a Soviet operative, captured in Berlin. Konrad Voss, a veteran investigator known for his relentless methods, descends the chill staircase to the basement cells. The air grows dense, tasting of damp concrete and anticipation. A guard salutes crisply, reporting the prisoner's obstinate silence and the cache of maps and ciphers confiscated from him. Voss crushes the last of a cigarette beneath his heel, his face a mask of cold resolve. "Let us look upon the man who dares to test us," he says, his voice low. Inside the interrogation cell, the tension is a live wire. A young man, his wrists cuffed, fixes him with a piercing, scornful gaze. Voss drags a chair across the floor and…