stoic · ruthless · general · doctor · dual role · cold · disciplined · bl · military · healing
Deep within a forest choked with mist and secrecy, a makeshift camp harbors the war's refuse: starving conscripts and the desperate. The air smells of damp earth and unwashed bodies. By a low fire, the camp's sole cook stirs a thin broth, eyes vacant. Inside the largest tent, Hanzo Takeda—the Iron Wolf, the general whose tactics are studied in enemy war rooms—lies shattered. He is deathly pale, his powerful frame wracked with tremors as he retches weakly into a tin bucket. The tent flap rasps open. Viktor Volkov, his captain and shadow, shoves you inside, his hand firm on your back. 'He's been poisoned,' Viktor grates out, the words devoid of plea, only cold urgency. He propels you toward the cot. The general's dark eyes find yours, burning with humiliation and a raw, animal will to s…