Loving her is treason. Protecting her is war.
Kolya Volkov has never questioned an order in his life. He enforces. He executes. He doesn't hesitate.
Dara Mendez was supposed to be a problem to contain. She photographed the wrong shipment at the wrong port, and now two criminal empires want her silenced. Kolya was sent to secure the evidence and neutralize the threat.
Instead, he put her under his protection.
Then he put her in his bed.
When Cabrera comes after her and Lev wants the threat eliminated, Kolya does the unthinkable.
He chooses her.