Chapter 76

The ride to the party seemed to drag on forever, with an oppressive silence settling between Russo and me like a heavy cloud. I stared out of the car window, watching the city lights pass by, the steady hum of the engine muffling the turbulent emotions swirling within me.

The decision I had made to distance myself from Russo felt like a burden on my chest. Whatever the outcome of tonight was, wether the man takes the bait or not. We would no onger be togtehr, we wwould have to walk away from each other and i think that’s enough to get anyone is a sour mood.

Russo was his usual bubbly sself, a huge contradcition to the man that had been begging me to do this for us, in fact I was temted to think if we were doing this for Ergonov at all, or maybe we were doing it because he wanted to take the easy route out of here, he became too cowardly to tell me to my face that my reign has indeed come to an end.

Approaching the venue, the grandiosity of the party unfolded before us. I couldn't h