NIKOLAI

I nod at the man and grip her wrist tighter, dragging her reluctant feet across the vibrating ground of the dimly lit corridor.

“If you had told me that this was where you were bringing me, I wouldn't have followed you,” she snaps, tearing into my flesh.

I stop walking and let her hand go. She staggers back and almost trips on her heels while backing away from me.

“Alright then, go back,” I mutter, nodding my head towards the elevator doors.

She slowly tilts her head in the ...