NALEDI’S POV

He didn’t answer, despite all my prodding.

Nicolai was evading my questions. “Preserve your strength love. You’ll need it when we get to Moscow, which is in about,” He looked at his wristwatch, “Twenty minutes!” 

A feeling of rising dread overtook me. “In the meanwhile, I’ll give you something for the nerves. What do you think?”

“No..” My protests were met with his hands forcing a pill into my mouth and choking me with water to wash it down. I felt a special kind of violated. 

“Don’t fight it, love, just sleep and when you wake up, you’ll be good as new.” 

The pills took me out fast....