Nikolai
I ride the elevator to the ground floor with a semi.
When Maykl called up to tell me there was a small, hysterical young woman downstairs demanding to see me, I knew it was Chelle even before I flicked over to the security feed and rewound to watch.
She’s still adorably fierce. Throwing around all hundred pounds of her body to get her way.
I know she’s either here about the ring or something bad has happened to Zane. Probably both. Zane could’ve been busted for stealing it, and she’s hoping to get charges dropped by turning it in.
When I exit the elevator, Maykl is still patting her down for weapons, which for some reason annoys me. I want his hands off her. She already climbed him like a tree when he tried to take her out of the building.
“Nikolai,” she calls the moment she
