Part 1: Chapter 15

Nikolai

“You know, wallowing in here won’t help you much; you need to speak with her,” Dimitri says when he walks towards me with a bottle of bourbon. After the disastrous meeting with Nova, I decided to come here, knowing I needed to clear my mind before facing her again. I can’t keep getting angry or jealous over stupid shit, so I’d rather take a breather before assuming.

Even though I had already assumed what had happened with that fucker.

“Yeah, but you’re the only one I could trust with knowing what I’m going through. Kai and Kon have their own shit to deal with after today.” I say, a shiver running up my spine as I try to push down the images of the dead pup soldiers.

I see the same reaction on Dimitri’s pale face. “I’ve never killed children before, and today just… today was a bad day.” He says, taking a long drink straight from the bottle.

Dimitri and I were called out to the edge of our territory and almost into Alpha Azura’s when the pup soldiers attacked. Children, no