"Excellent, really excellent, Nico," Aiden said angrily as he used a cotton ball clasped in tweezers to wipe the blood from the back of Nicolai's hand. "You knew that he was goading you and yet, you let him."
Nicolai didn't speak, he stared at the floor underneath his feet. His heart was in turmoil, it was a perfect mix of anger, nervousness and many more emotions that he didn't understand.
He didn't know what to make of those emotions, but he knew that they meant a perfect combination of violence.
He needed blood —pooling under his feet and the sound of bones breaking echoing in his ears.
He needed out.
"Nico," Aiden clasped his wrist. "Don't let Noah inside your head, he was provoking you. Ari did what any doctor would have done. Saving his life… I hate to admit this, but if Cole and I were stuck in the same situation if I could, I would have saved his life as well."
He paused and added, "Cole would have done the same thing for me."
