VIKTOR

“Are you ready?” Nikolai asks me, smoothing out an invisible wrinkle on my suit. I shooed his hands away to stand in front of the mirror.

“Ready for what?” I know what he's asking about. But I am always ready. I already know how today will go.

“You know she will sign those papers right?”

That's the problem with Niko, he always forgets who I am. Being a Pakhan’s son has prepared me for every type of human being I may encounter, and Stella is no different.

“She ...