Chapter 54: The courtroom
VIKTOR'S POV
Drake and I arrived at the council court a few minutes before the 12 p.m. set for the meeting. As we parked, I rubbed my temple and let out a sigh, drawing a concerned glance from him.
“It will go as planned,” he said, his tone calm, like he was trying to reassure me.
I didn’t respond. Nothing was going as planned anymore.
Too much on my mind would be the understatement of the century.
It wasn’t just the legitimacy I needed to secure now. A life was hanging over my head - the life of the woman who had somehow managed to make my dead heart beat again.
Admitting my feelings to Ariel yesterday... and the s*x that followed, wrapped in those confessions like a dream I never wanted to wake from... that had been the best moment of my godforsaken, un
