NIKOLAI’S POV 

I had been bested by Ivan and Anton. Never in my wildest dreams had I been bested by two humans. How? I staggered to the bathroom and cleaned up. I walked back into the private room just as Vidam walked in. 

“My Lord, the car is ready to leave,” he announced but his eyes widened at the fact that I was tying my disheveled hear back into a ...