Liyah's POV
Nikolai was avoiding me. He wasn't exactly the most discreet person, so it was quite easy to tell. I had been surprised when I arrived at the training ground this morning only to see Annalise instead of him. Later on I learned that he had asked her to take on today's session as he had some things to finish up. Training with Annalise was unexpected but quite fun and I would love to do it again, but my mind continued to drift to Nikolai. If he had other things to do, why didn't he just tell me? That's when I began to wonder if he was avoiding me. But I waved it off.
When it became clear that he was avoiding me was during the kitchen incident. I had come into the kitchen to prepare a concoction for one of the omegas who had gotten injured. He quickly left through the backdoor w
