About the book: 2022 / A loud sigh escapes the girl’s lips. For what? Transparent tears flowed down her cheeks in a stream, falling into her mouth and onto the floor. Maxim turned to the girl. A strange feeling of guilt did not leave now, when he looked into tear-stained brown eyes, which seemed to have lost that shine. With slow steps, he approached Alice and raised her head up. The man leaned towards her ear, whispering her fate: “From this night you belong to me.”.