NIKOLAI
“I hate that you have to go back.” I told Sasha, with all the sincerity in me. I didn’t want to let her go. Wasn’t ready to.
We hadn’t even talked about a lot of things. Like the question I so badly wanted to ask her. I needed to ask her what went on on their own side of Mystic Woods. Both when I had entered, and before I had left, I had felt a strong presence. I had smelled the adrenaline pumping and I had also felt the animosity.
Everything about that place was off putting. The only thing I liked about it was the woman standing in front of me. It wasn’t just the mate bond as Drax had finally relaxed a little.
I was drawn to her.
“I hate to go too. But I really need to go back home. It's late, and my father is expecting me home early.” She smiled and leaned on tiptoes to giv
