Unshakable Ambition

Vivienne’s POV

As I observed Val and Maciek, I realized how differently the two men carried themselves, and yet how alike they seemed in spirit. I had always thought Valentin behaved older than his age, born with a kind of seriousness that made him seem far removed from the carefree twenties he should be clinging to since he was twenty-seven. But across from Maciek, who couldn’t have been more tha