Chapter 2043 Bottles And Brothers
- Stale darkness smothered the private villa; not the faintest shard of light dared intrude.
- In the gloom, Nicholas slumped against a bare wall, half-buried in an ocean of empty liquor bottles. Sleep tugged at him like an undertow, yet he clung to consciousness out of sheer habit.
- A sudden scrape of hinges shattered the hush. The heavy door swung inward, admitting a narrow blade of daylight