545 ~Gael~

I'm talking to my father and Aurora regarding logistics for the next few months after the KMH's satellite office will be ready in a week when Nina sidles up next to me.

"Where's Anj? Your first dance is almost up," she asks as she looks over her clipboard. She's now wearing a headset with a microphone close to her mouth.

I look around the party as I respond, "She was with Oli earlier…" I spot Oliver sitting at a table, but Angela isn't with him. Their mother, however, is there. Evgenia Volkov came to the wedding with Anika and Aleksander. Ivan, who rose up the ranks as the new Pakhan, isn't here though—which I think is for the best.

"Has anyone seen the bride?" Nina speaks to her headset and pauses, rolling her eyes for whatever she hears from the other line. Then she looks at me and beams. "Don't worry. I'm sure she's just taking a break. We'll find her."