Lydia All I could think about for the past week was how I was betraying Anna for messing around with her older brother. Nikolai was dark and mysterious. The kind of man I shouldn’t be involved with, but I couldn’t help it. He had a way of sucking me in and taking control of my body. I didn’t want to give him the power, but my body betrayed me at the worst possible times. I scanned the room to assess my surroundings and sighed. Nikolai had taken me to his room. I stood up and checked my appearances in the mirror and winced. I was a f*****g mess. My hair was up in a messy bun and my dress was disheveled. I heard the door open and shut letting me know he was coming back. I didn’t want to face him. Not after he knew too much about my situation with Connor and James. He took his jacket off an

