《SHADOW AND BLOOD: THE PRICE OF LOVING YOU 》全部章節：第 31 章 - 第 40 章

LORENZO GRAYSON\VADIM KERZHAKOV ©Winter had already set in and the air outside was cold.It cut through my coat as I stood by the car, my back resting against it.I looked up at the clear night sky and for a moment, my thoughts drifted to my mother.I pulled my hands out of my pockets and reached into my coat, took out a cigar, and lit it.All of a sudden, a light drizzle suddenly began to fall.I dropped the cigar to the ground and crushed it beneath my shoe.I was about to head back inside the bar when I noticed Nick leaving through the front entrance.His shift must have ended.Before I could think much about it, the drizzle turned into a downpour.I quickly got into my car before I got soaked and glanced at the dashboard clock.It was almost midnight.Then Kyle's words echoed in my mind.“...he works hard every day, trying to take care of his little sister.”Through the rain-covered windshield, I watched Nick. He held his bag over his head as he hurried back under the shelter of

NICK WALKER ©Enzo hadn't been back to college since he left for the professors' conference.Today, it has been two days since I last saw him.I hadn't seen his car in the parking lot, and he hadn't even shown up for any of his classes.It worried me. The last time I saw him, he was sick.Maybe I was just overthinking things and maybe busy with something important.Still, why did I keep expecting a message from him?I pulled out my phone and checked it again but found nothing.I slipped the phone back into my pocket with a quiet sigh."What's on your mind?" Avery asked as we walked home.I stayed quiet for a moment, wondering if I should tell her what was really on my mind.If Avery found out I was thinking about Enzo, she would start coming up with all sorts of ridiculous ideas."Does this have something to do with Grayson?" she asked and I immediately turned to look at her."No," I said too quickly.Avery nodded slowly. It was clear she didn't believe me, but chose not to argue."W

NICK WALKER ©I snuggled deeper into the hard pillow, though I was enjoying how comfortable the bed I slept on felt.Wait. Since when was my pillow this hard?My eyes flew open and met with a face inches away from mine.Enzo.I froze as I realized I wasn't lying on a pillow at all. My head was resting on his arm, and at some point during the night, I had curled up against him.I looked around the room and froze. It was already morning.The sun streamed through the curtains, lighting up the entire room. I gasped as I realized I hadn't gone home.“What the hell?” I half-yelled as I jumped out of bed. The sudden movement woke Enzo up.He lifted his head slightly and blinked at me, his eyes still heavy with sleep.“Fuck,” he muttered and turned to reach for the clock on the bedside table.I followed his gaze and my eyes widened.8:40 a.m.I had never slept this late before.“Why didn't you wake me up?” I asked as I searched for my phone.“I fell asleep too. Fuck, can you calm down for a s

NICK WALKER ©The moment the woman Enzo called Vanya locked her blue eyes on me, I felt scared.Her gaze moved from my head down to my feet before she folded her arms and gave me a questioning look.“And who is this?” she asked and I quickly bowed my head politely.“I'm…” Enzo cut me off before I could finish.He spoke in a language that wasn't English, though it sounded familiar like he had spoken them before.The two of them exchanged words I couldn't understand before silence settled between them, and she turned back to me.She said something that I was sure was about me, making Enzo glance in my direction.“He's just my student,” Enzo said and the woman scoffed.I nervously bit my lip as they continued talking about me in each other's language. After a moment, Enzo let out a sigh and turned to me.“Why don't you come back later?” he said and I nodded quietly.“I'll take my leave, sir,” I said softly and headed for the door.The two men standing at the entrance stepped aside to le

LORENZO GRAYSON \ VADIM KERZHAKOV ©The morning I had planned wasn't supposed to include Vanya.Yet there she was, sitting in the passenger seat with her heels resting on the dashboard, staring out the window as I drove to college.After our argument last night, neither of us brought it up.Before I even woke up properly, Vanya was already dressed and ready.The moment I turned on the engine, she got into the car without saying a word.I gave her a look the moment she entered my car.“You don't expect me to sit around all day in that huge house waiting for you to come back from college, do you?” she asked.“No smoking on the institute premises,” I told her as I drove to college.She turned her gaze back to the window.“So we're setting rules now?” she asked“And stay away from Nick,” I warned.“And the Minister's daughter?” she asked and I turned to her.“Alina,” I corrected before focusing back on the road.“You're more protective of Nick than Ali...” she said, but I cut her off.“I