Terms of the Throne

Valentin’s POV

The drive to my father’s estate had already put me in a mood, thanks to the blasted traffic and time spent getting there, So when I stepped through the massive double doors of Grigori Sokolov’s home and heard Polina’s voice ringing from the staircase, it took everything in me not to turn around and walk right back out.

“Oh, what a lovely surprise,” Polina trilled, descending the ste