[Nikolai]
No one had seen her since morning.
That meant I was likely the last person to have done so—limping away, bleeding and refusing my help like the stubborn fool she was.
My expression hardened as I straightened from the railing. She'd rejected my help. Walked away without a backward glance. That made her none of my business.
Maybe she'd fallen into another ditch and Anderson had come back for revenge after losing one ear. Maybe she'd crawled off somewhere to lick her wounds and would turn up eventually.
Not my problem.
I turned toward my room, already dismissing the entire situation.
"Going back to sleep?"
I glanced sideways at Camilla who had moved closer, hands clasped innocently behind her back and her head tilted with that sweet, poisonous curiosity she always wore.
"Wh
