Truth or Dare!

The moment that Nikolai noticed Ryan, his blood started pumping, a strange sensation it was to face your old friend with a desire to kill. Maybe he wasn't involved, and he would never follow his father, but since embracing his monster bloodline and meeting the council.

Nikolai's confidence and priorities became straight, and he could never put a human friend before his family, friends, and lovers again. 

'Even the Alliance comes first.' 

"You look a little different, almost unrecognisable."

Ryan's words shook slightly. Perhaps able to sense Nikolai's changes, or was it his sharp and red glare and silence?

Neither of the two could answer the other's doubts easily. 

Instead, Nikolai took the first step, and after observing Ryan's body, noticing only a single pistol on his body, he shook his head.

"Forget it, let's go inside and get a drink."