ELENA'S POV
"Stay here with me. Don't leave, Elena."
A month later, when it was past the time for our contract to end, Volkov asked me to stay with him. To permanently move into his home and out of my studio apartment across the city. I couldn't say no, not to him.
Volkov and I didn't talk about what happened that day he momentarily disappeared. Although I didn't know what became of Viktor. I heard rumours from the other dancers that there had been an incident at the theater when Luke was fired. I didn't bother asking because all that mattered to me was that all those vile men were out of my life.
No one knew the full story, and I think it was better that way. Especially with the new sense of relief that could be felt in the other dancers at practice. All the contracts were over now, a
