“I’m sorry for being late on my first day, Sir.”

The way Leal addressed Axel felt foreign and unusual, but right. Axel is way up her league, and she can’t reach him—not that she was reaching out.

He was about to respond, but his father called him from behind. His father’s gaze was dark and menacing, or was it naturally like that? Alexei Elcort looked more dangerous and lethal than Axel Elcort, and that’s saying a lot because Axel is already ten times deadlier looking than an ...