Daphne's POV
I really didn't want to argue. That, and the fact that his voice was a dangerous rasp to my ear that I didn't trust myself to not turn into mush when I wanted to speak up. If I could muster the strength to, that is.
Currently, I was enjoying the side view of Nikolai's stoic face, beard, and facial hair trailing down to his jaw. I suppressed a wince as the throbbing in my head got louder.
Aside me making Nikolai into an eye candy I wanted to stare at all day, I felt my body weaken by the second. It surprised me how I hadn't already collapsed by now. Anyway, it was near. I could feel it. I was jolted back to the present as Nikolai headed to his car. A black Jeep I'd always ogled from afar. Now, I got to ride in it.
I'd have thought getting me into the car all by himself w
