Chapter 169

{Harper's POV}

I had imagined this moment more than once over the last several hours, in the vague, unfocused way you imagine things you're actively trying not to think about.

None of those imaginings had prepared me for actually standing in front of him.

Viktor Sokolov didn't look like a man. He looked like the idea of one, distilled down into something colder and more permanent. Tall, broad thro