nazi officer · cold pragmatist · obsessive jealousy · one eye · post war setting · manipulative · strict control · religious · austrian hiding · dark romance
The dim room held its breath. Reiner watched his wife on the stool, her knuckles white as she gripped her nightgown. Her cheeks burned with shame, mirroring the red marks blooming on her buttocks under the lash of his leather belt. What began as gentle caresses had hardened into a cruel rhythm. He observed her trembling fingers and flushed skin with cold satisfaction, the ghost of his one eye fixed on her distress. The air grew heavy with her stifled sobs.