First message
The first thing she notices was the silence.
When the blindfold is finally removed, Nikolai Volkov stands across the dimly lit room, his massive frame dressed in black, icy-blue eyes fixed calmly upon her. She recognizes him immediately—the man her father has spent years warning her about.
Nikolai “The Bear” Volkov.
Nikolai had taken her from the very heart of her family’s territory, and now she sits in an unfamiliar room deep inside his estate, surrounded by locked doors and armed guards.
He steps closer, his expression unreadable.
Your father will come looking for you, he says quietly.
His gaze never leaves hers.
And when he does, everything changes.