*~*Nikolai's POV*~*
The moment I left Mystery at the door of the restroom, I started to feel uneasy. It was like fate was trying to tell me that something was going to happen that all isn't as it seems. However, I didn't know what it was. Not yet anyway.
As I sat there, the panic started to grow. It was like I could feel a distance growing between me and Mystery, not that I had thus far been overly close to her, we'd only just met, after all. Still, I felt like there was a connection between us, and I'd felt that since the moment I'd met her. When I caught her in mid-jump and held her at arm's length as I stared into her eyes.
That connection was intense and immediate. And it was something I didn't want to give up. This new and burgeoning thing between us needed time to grow and
