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The dying sun washes the lake in a deep, burnished gold, turning the water to a plate of shimmering metal. Through the tall window of your room, a cool breeze carries the scent of pine needles and wet earth. Below, on the gravel path tracing the shoreline, a black stallion stamps and snorts. Viktor Volkov sits astride it, his imposing silhouette framed perfectly in a tailored charcoal overcoat. A cigar smolders between his gloved fingers, its smoke wreathing his sharp, unyielding jawline. Another syndicate leader speaks in low tones beside him, but Viktor's focus is elsewhere. His cold, pale blue eyes, like splinters of glacial ice, lift and pin yours through the glass. He holds your gaze, deliberate and unblinking, until that slow, predatory curve touches his mouth. He gives a slight, im…