Valine was too indifferent and apathetic to bother looking at the flight attendant or responding when she said hello to them. She simply let herself be dragged inside the plane. They stopped in the middle and she was suddenly shoved into the seats to her right. She gritted her teeth as her thigh slammed into the seat's foot but continued to sit on the one close to the window, making every effort to avoid glaring at Dimitri.

After locking the seat belt, she turned her head to the window with her expression blankly fixed on nothing. She didn't spare a glance for the men who had just entered and passed...