I know the fate you endured might one day be my own. But I refuse to be a prisoner for the rest of my life.

I used to ask myself, ‘Sergei, would you rather spend your money on drink or women?’ and thanks to the club, I spend it on both and am called a patron of the arts.

what might have been had his gaze fallen upon some other miserable wretch? Yes, you would have been destitute, starving in the streets, scraping for your next meal…but even beggars are free.

Sergei doesn’t yearn for love…he thirsts for domination, and now he has finally achieved it.