Isa’s POV
I stood with my back against the shower wall. I’d left my phone sitting in the bathroom sink playing music. I’d turned my cellular service off as soon as I’d charged it back up, though I supposed the point was moot since Nikolai clearly knew where I was.
Still… I was sure that if I’d switched it on I would have a flood of text messages and missed calls waiting for me. And I still wasn’t sure I was ready for that. I’d made Julius hide Pipa’s phone upon her arrival for the same reason.
I looked out the small rectangle window above the shower stall, spying the waxing gibbous that was taking shape as Sunday’s full moon had passed. It was Wednesday evening now. I would soon spend my third night away from Nikolai and I couldn’t deny that I was missing him. I wondered to myself what
