Chapter 136

The Prey

Just like he said, he took me to the doctor.

The private helicopter bustled beneath me like a cold reminder of the man sitting beside me. Judas’s presence was suffocating even when he wasn’t looking at me. He stared out the window and I hated how perfect sculpture of indifference his side profile was.

It didn’t take long to reach the city. My chest tightened. So many people. So much noise. Yet, I felt impossibly alone.

The skyline became hazy through the fog of my thoughts. This city had always been cold, but now its chill seeped into my bones in a way that had nothing to do with the weather. Moscow was the same, but I wasn’t. I wasn’t sure I even knew who I was anymore.

Judas’s voice broke through my haze as he spoke to the pilot. The authoritative tone grated against me and it irked me how easily he moved through the world, bending it to his will. Without caring for anyone.

I thought I had seen vulnerability in him when