Darker Turn

The interrogators shifted their tactics to darker, more intense methods. Each operative was prepared for the possibility of torture, but Taylor's team was meticulously trained to find every possible weakness. They knew that patience and a gradual escalation would break even the most resilient spies.

In the room with Major Grau, the interrogator set a metal rod onto the table, deliberately letting it clink against the surface. Slowly, he produced a small blowtorch, igniting it with a single flick of his lighter. The blue flame danced in his hand as he held the rod close, letting it heat up gradually. He didn't speak, didn't look directly at Grau, allowing the silence and the searing heat of the flame to fill the room.

Grau kept his gaze steady, his eyes focused somewhere beyond his captor's shoulder, but a bead of sweat began to form on his brow.