Roman Eliot

Six

Roman Eliot

He could feel her the minute that she was in the building. He paced, anxiously in his study. The office walls were made of mahogany and there were bookshelves that lined the walls. He had his laptop set up in there and should have been answering e-mails but all he could focus on was her.

He could hear her heartbeat pounding against her chest. She was nervous. Something about that excited him. He didn’t want her to run but the thought of her being nervous because of him left him unable to sit still. There was a knock on the door.

“Roman?” Aion called.

“Yes?” he asked.

Roman wondered if Nora could hear the excitement in his voice. He hoped not. He wanted her to take him seriously, as someone that could protect her.

“Nora Connolly is here,” he said, “and she brought a friend.”

Roman almost chuckled. He knew that where Nora went, Winter did too. He had his own suspicions about Winter and h