NICOLAI'S POV
I feel like I’m crossing into another world entirely... A darker one.
My thoughts are a battlefield now as I try to grasp the fact that Aria lied to me... Has been lying to me since the beginning... The words repeat over and over like a hammer against my skull.
She isn't my wife... She's my target and apparently I’m a professional murderer...
I was sent to kill her...
The woman whose body still burns against mine in memory... the woman who looked at me like I was something worth saving... Was my target.
Every time I think about it, a burning rage claws up my throat alongside something far worse... Pain. Because even now... even after all the lies. I still want to go back to her...
Selena glances at me briefly as the car turns down a narrow road lined with abandoned f
