Chapter 84

Ariel

"Nikolai," I muttered audibly and he smirked at me.

"Good to see you, Ariel. Never knew that I would see you in person so soon," His smirk twisted into a vicious smile that had me questioning my silly reasons for coming here.

He breezed past us and crashed onto the chair in a very lackadaisical manner. How could someone be this dangerous and aloof at the same time?

Now I saw why Dmitri didn't want to speak with him. He looked so nonchalant and self-absorbing, but I had a knack for not giving up until I'd exhausted all options, and I wouldn't leave this place until I'd...