Elise lives in occupied Berlin, under Russian rule. Her husband, Erich, is in France with the German army, then becomes a prisoner of war. Divided and alone, each struggles to cope in a dangerous and unfamiliar world. During the horrific days of early occupation and the rape of Berlin, Elise, a nurse, receives help from an unexpected quarter, Major Valery Volkov, who becomes her 'wolf', her Russian lover and protector. Safe now but afraid, worried...