The Gilded Fortress

Vivienne’s POV

After everything that had happened in the past few days, the last place I ever imagined myself going was back to the Sokolov mansion.

And by Sokolov mansion, I meant the one I’d practically grown up in, with the actual children of the mansion of course, Valentin and Ruslan.

Yet here I was, parked just beyond the fountain-lined drive, staring up at the same arched windows I’d once wa