[Isolde]
With everything that was at stake, especially my son's life, I swallowed my pride and made my way to the conservatory that night, settling in to wait for Nikolai.
I felt like a complete fool. After everything that had happened between us, here I was, still needing to keep him in the loop. And I knew he'd have plenty to say about that and even more to explain.
'Explain?'
I choked back a laugh at the thought of needing an explanation from him. We weren't together and we definitely weren't lovers either.
Still... I thought we'd passed the stage of keeping some information private. I didn't want to keep f*****g a boy who had a fiancée.
'Boy?'
I let out another scoff, blinking back the wetness in my eyes. It was almost ironic how I'd begun seeing him like a grown adult. Like
