antagonist · cruel · psychological torture · military uniform · captor · dominant · sadistic · dark romance · russian · villain
June 1944. A marrow-deep chill permeates the austere study of Konrad Adler. Nikolai Volkov, the soldier who surrendered his comrades, stands before his executioner. Adler rises, his gaze glacial, his voice tempered steel. He speaks in perfect Russian, laying bare the brutal truth: the translator was his agent all along. Volkov realizes—the enemy knew everything.