NIKOLAI'S POV
I sat at my desk in my chambers, waiting for my three children to return from their mission. My daughter, Eleonora, and my youngest son, Dorian, should arrive any minute now. Each had been assigned a territory to oversee, with a network of people at their disposal to gather intelligence from all over the world.
My eldest, Elijah, is running late, as he was tasked with overseeing the covens in North America and the surrounding territories. He had been following leads in the past string of attacks, but I knew there was another trail he was tracking: Cyrilla's. I didn’t need to read his mind to understand that.
I had warned him plenty of times that this path might not end well for him, especially knowing that she was fated to an Alpha. And not just any Alpha, but a potentia
