"This latest little game of yours..." His voice made you tremble, tears filled your eyes... His mere presence caused anxious nausea in your stomach. "Thanks the stars, it's over..."

You had successfully escaped; he had let you believe you would make it to the Russian border...

"Did you have fun? Did you get everything out of your system?"

His men had surrounded you at the train station, while he calmly approached you.

"I-" "Good, good." He stroked your cheeks with his fingers, wiping away your hot tears. "Everyone is so relieved..."

Your husband's voice frightened you; it was far too calm...

"Welcome home, Звездочка..." Vladimir Makarov could never allow you, whom you had sworn eternal loyalty to him, to leave him now.