VOLKOV’S OBSESSION
I watched him from a distance, feeling the vast chasm between our worlds wider than ever.
He was a king preparing for a siege, and I was just the girl who had cleaned his wounds in a one-bedroom apartment.
Suddenly, a hand gripped my shoulder. I gasped, spinning around to find Nikolai standing behind me. He looked even more disheveled than he had at the cabin, his grey eyes wide and flickering with a restless, manic light.
“The martyr and the monster,” Nikolai whispered, looking past me toward Ivan.
“He thinks he can save you and the empire at the same time. He is a fool.”
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