Chapter 16

Nikolay:

I looked at my wife as if she’s grown a second head as she told me what she planned but she shook her head at me, stopping me from saying the words she knew I’d say.

“Nikolay, you will be taking care of things out here, I’ll be doing my job in there” Kiara said calmly, I knew that she was fighting herself not to decide against what she said under my gaze. The woman knew that I would rather die than put her in danger and here she was suggesting that SHE enter the games again? The woman was definitely drunk, I just didn’t know it.

“You’re kidding right?” I asked wide eyed. Her eyes met mine and I couldn’t miss the way she flinched fearing the worst, not that she had anything to fear. But I knew that she didn’t want to end up with us fighting, and in all honesty, nor did I. I didn’t want to have an unnecessary argument with her right now, especially when I knew that she was not in her