‘’Where the fuck were you?’’ Alexi shouts in a rage and a real one. Not that cold, scary tone, but a very vocal aggressive one, such as I have never heard. It’s the worst sound ever. His growling, accusatory and fury-ridden voice makes me melt into a puddle of shaking jelly. Visibly recoiling into myself. I turn in the direction of the voice, seeing him coming at me from the other room, and I freeze.

My eyes are wide and misting up. He’s stalking towards me at speed with a ...