Chapter 167 A Distraction

• Kade
• The low hum of the engine fills the car, the city lights blurring past the window as we move. I sit in the back, one leg stretched out, my fingers absently tapping against my knee. Across from me, Nikolai sits with his usual air of indifference, watching the world outside like it has something to prove to him.
• He hasn’t said much since we got in, but that’s nothing new. Nikolai Volkov doesn’t talk unless there’s a reason. Which is why, when he finally speaks, I don’t take it lightly.