VIKTOR
“Are you ready?” Nikolai asks me, smoothing out an invisible wrinkle on my suit. I shooed his hands away to stand in front of the mirror.
“Ready for what?” I know what he's asking about. But I am always ready. I already know how today will go.
“You know she will sign those papers right?”
That's the problem with Niko, he always forgets who I am. Being a Pakhan’s son has prepared me for every type of human being I may encounter, and Stella is no different.
“She doesn't want to get on my bad side, so she won't”
“Sure, she doesn't want to get on your bad side, but did you stop to think that she may not have a choice in this?” Hmm
“Well that is not the case, you've seen the way her father dotes on her”
“Why do you not want her to sign those papers?”
“Simple, because I don't wa
