Pretty boy is toying with fire so hard he should've been burnt to ashes by now. Maybe he's even convinced there's a way out of this, but he's in too deep and made things personal the moment his minions bombed the garrison and Annabel's parents with it.
Also, reminder that this is four years before the fall of the Wall, so there's no way "Freiheit" is going to succeed. When Annabel learns who "Frender" actually is there'll be a bloodbath.