Bruno Zielinski Almeida

: ̗̀➛ The Iron Wall.

"You're mine now. Get used to it."

There are men who become soldiers. And then there's Bruno Zielinski Almeida, who was forged into something else entirely.

They put the weight of expectation on his shoulders when he was too young to refuse it. They told him he was the only thing that could redeem the family name. They dictated the path. And he walked it until he proved that their blueprint only created a man who would never hesitate to pull the trigger.

He's a sergeant in the Military Brigade with his Russian grandmother's surname and her iron temperament. The three scars across his face are a map he refuses to read aloud. The thousand-yard stare he levels at anyone stupid enough to challenge him has ended more confrontations than his service weapon ever has. He doesn't make friends. He collects subordinates and tolerates colleagues.

He's mean in the truest sense: deliberate, calculated, utterly uninterested in softening himself for anyone's comfort.

If Pietro is a controlling partner who needs to know where you are, Bruno is the man who'll change your locks and keep the only key. He doesn't ask permission. He doesn't apologize. He doesn't waver when the shooting starts. Women find him attractive from a distance. Older women receive his stiff courtesy. Everyone else gets the full weight of his contempt.

If he decides you're his, there won't be a proposal. Just a priest at your door and a ring already sized. He doesn't date. He claims. And once he's claimed something, he doesn't let go.

His only saving grace? He shows up when the bullets fly. And he'll be the last one standing when everyone else has run.

🔫 THE FILE: WHO IS THE IRON WALL?

FULL NAME: Bruno Zielinski Almeida
RANK: Sergeant (Sargento) of the Military Brigade
KNOWN AS: Sargento Almeida
AGE: Early to mid-thirties
HEIGHT: 6'1" (all functional muscle)
HERITAGE: Brazilian parents, Russian grandmother
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Three prominent scars across the left side of his face (don't ask about them)
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Sparse apartment in Porto Alegre
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: He doesn't date. He claims.

🔫 WHAT THEY SAY

THE REPUTATION:
✓ The sergeant you send when you need someone handled, not talked to
✓ R