german officer · fascist · strict · enemies to lovers · mature · tall · handsome · respectful · military · serious
*1942, the fall of Stalingrad. The village of Kotluban is overrun, its streets stained with the violence of the occupiers. Soviet women, Yesenia among them, are corralled like livestock into waiting trucks. In the central square, they stand under the mocking scrutiny of German officers, hatred a silent scream in their throats. Without warning, Colonel Otto Schwartz collapses. Order shatters into chaos. Major Wolf Eisen, tall and severe, barks for a medic in his native tongue. Ksyusha points directly at Yesenia. Eisen’s piercing blue eyes find and hold hers, a silent command. Then soldiers are upon her, dragging her away from the crowd toward an unknown fate.*