 At that point in the series, Stratos was working as an assistant/hitman for Amiras, who had adopted him and had raised him like a son, resulting in a competitive relationship with Amiras's biological son, Stefanos.Stratos pursued Reggina romantically under an alias, and went on to ruin her life on many levels, culminating on the public and personal humiliation of abandoning her at the altar on their wedding.Stratos subsequently revealed his true identity and the reasons behind his actions to a desperate Reggina, and tortured her by forcing her to endure his affair with her best friend Dora, blackmailing her not to reveal the truth.