Chapter 41: Her Beautiful Mistake?

The sound of breaking glass echoed through the upper floors of the castle as Nikolai, with a swift and brutal use of his powers, hurled Viktor out of the window. Viktor's scream of agony was a piercing cry as he crashed through the glass, plummeting into the thick, freezing snow below. The force of the impact broke his back, leaving him writhing in pain, his breath coming out in ragged gasps as blood spattered from his mouth. His eyes filled with tears, and the weight of regret settled heavily on him for the words he had recklessly spoken. Inside the room, the atmosphere was tense and cold. Nikolai, seemingly unaffected by the violence he had just inflicted, reclined back in a chair beside the shattered window. His expression was one of disinterest, as if throwing someone out of a window was an ordinary occurrence. Meanwhile, Sasha stood frozen near the back of the chamber, her hands covering her lips in shock. She was too stunned to move, the horror of what had just happened leaving