The Betrayers

Luz exuded nightheat, the irresistible allure of a woman that caused men to yearn with desire. Nick was immediately enamored with her, both emotionally and physically, upon their first encounter. However, he was unaware of her hidden secrets - beneath her dazzling exterior and seductive charms, she possessed a steely determination to reject wealth and defy a corrupt political system, even if it meant sacrificing her own life. Nick's beginnings were humble - as a child, he endured the harshness of the war-torn, frozen siege of Leningrad, watching his mother waste away while the privileged bureaucrats lived in luxury. He learned early on that the world was divided into the haves and have-nots, and he was determined to attain everything that the wealthy possessed, and more. Through a tumultuous journey from a brutal Soviet orphanage to a plantation in the sultry jungles of the Caribbean, from the passionate and treacherous streets of Havana to the perilous roads of