I shiver involuntarily and suddenly realize how cold I am.“Why is it so cold in here?”
“Oh.” Arslan reaches for the air conditioner. “You had a slighttemperature spike when they took you off the plane. Nikolaiwanted to make sure you were cool.”
“Well, now, I’m freezing. Turn the heat up. Please.”
Arslan hesitates before reaching for the air again. “Fine. A bit.But like I said twice now, Nikolai is worried about you. He’son edge. I’m not throwing myself into the fire for you oranyone.”
“So you just do whatever he says? You blindly follow hisorders?”
He smirks. “Is this one of those ‘If Nikolai walked off a cliff,would you follow’ kind of questions?”
Arslan doesn’t even think about it. “Yes. Absolutely.”
When his eyes meet mine in the mirror this
