Part 1: Chapter 36

Nova

No one knows what they’re talking about when they say, ‘it feels like I’ve been hit by a truck’, because it doesn’t simply feel like a fucking hangover. I feel like I died and was brought back alive in tiny pieces, glued back together, then tied up with a bow.

Something else to add to my list: being hit by a truck.

I’ve been discharged, and Nikolai is currently wheeling me out of the hospital with Kai and Konstantin behind us. From what they’ve told me, the accident was meant to be a hit on Arya, and they mistook me for her. Great, if she finds out, she’ll feel even more guilty and refuse to be my friend.

Speaking of which, I need to tell Dimitri about her fear of being at home; perhaps he can figure out the reason behind it.

“Where are we going?” I ask when Nikolai puts me in the backseat of Kai’s SUV.

“The penthouse, but I’ll be taking a few days off to watch over you, little Rogue,” he says with a smirk, then a sly wink.

I can’t help but smile at this, knowing that he’l