The blue light of the laptop screen illuminated Belle's face, casting long, sharp shadows across her bedroom. On the screen, the digitized face of the real Yelisei Nikita stared back at her.
He had the same bone structure, the same sharp jawline, and the same towering build as the man guarding the Rivera family. But the similarities ended there.
The Face of a Ghost
The man in the official military dossier had dull, dark brown eyes—lifeless and weary from years of tactical warfare. The Nikolai Belle knew possessed eyes that were terrifyingly vibrant, harboring a depth that felt entirely ancient.
[The look in their eyes is different,] Ceres murmured, her voice vibrating with a chilling certainty inside Belle's mind. [Wait! They have different eye colors! The man in this file has brown eyes. But the Nikolai we met... his eyes have a distinct, shifting hue.]
