Chapter 134

Nicolas POV

Two months later

The rain came down in relentless sheets, blurring the headlights that carved a thin path through the mountain road. I sat in the back of the sleek black car, my gaze fixed on the glowing screen of my phone, half-listening to my assistant drone on about quarterly projections.

It was supposed to be a simple business trip into human territory, a routine merger meeting with one of the largest corporations on the continent. Yet beneath the polished surface ...