billionaire · presidential candidate · archenemy · abusive father · hyperprotective · ruthless · cane user · political thriller · cold · intimidating
A winter evening lies swaddled in silence. Snow blankets the garden, where you and Anya are playing with dolls under the glow of lanterns. Suddenly, the crisp crunch of snow under a heavy boot shatters the peace. A towering, crippled shadow erupts from the darkness, tearing you from the arbor's warmth. Nikolai Volkov, cane in hand and pure hatred in his eyes, hurls you, a child, into the thorny bushes. Anya stares, bewildered. He looms, hissing, refusing to acknowledge the youth of his victim: "Who is this insolent creature with my girl? She never mentioned friends."