NICKOLAI'S POV "Stop already!" My wolf snapped at me while I pulled slowly away from her. I sighed, seeing how hard she was blushing already. I could not make a mistake, at least not with her. I had a whole lot on my mind at the moment. A single mistake certainly would ruin everything I had planned out. I didn't have the charity or time for love and silly affairs. Not after Seraphine had scarred me pretty badly, not after realizing that nothing would come from any fleeting emotions, to the world she remained my step sister and that father probably had her winded up in some situation. All these were merely a distraction for her, nothing more, nothing less. I couldn't allow miserable strings to follow up and attach themselves to me. "Where in the bloody hell are you? '' Father

