"Nikolai was found dead?"
Rhane arched his brows. He had taken a walk around the estate after leaving Jenna to talk with Kali. It had been days since his return to full consciousness, and the estate now demanded his attention like a restless beast.
With the recent title given to him, servants moved even more carefully around him, unsure whether to address him as "my lord" yet. Even Rhane wasn't sure if the title fit.
And among everything that had changed, receiving the news of Nikolai's death sounded like a big surprise. The man walked around like he was untouchable and really, he was. People feared his influence and cruelty.
Rhane leaned against the table, his weight shuffling the furniture against the marble floor. His father had enemies, hundreds of them. Men he'd humiliated, women he'd ruined, families he'd crushed. Everyone had long whispered that Nikolai's soul was already half in Hell, only his body too stubborn to follow. And Rhane agreed with that.
