Intro. Angel was a young doctor who dedicated her life to saving those wounded in the war against the Russians. She had made a silent promise to herself: she would never help the enemy, men who, in her eyes, only destroyed innocent lives. That promise broke the day a Russian soldier emerged wounded, pointing a gun and demanding that she save him. His name was Mikhill Vasilliev. Forced to help him, Angel allowed him to hide. Days turned into months. Fear gave way to silence, and silence, to forbidden love. She began to notice details she should never have noticed: his clenched fists during nightmares, the heavy accent when he whispered his name, the flowers he picked on secret explorations just to see her smile. When the hiding place was discovered, there was blood, screams and death. They all fled. Angel too. Mikhill disappeared. She believed he had died—she accepted that pain as part of the war. Until he discovered, months later, that he carried the last one inside