Chapter 88: Tiers of power.

Tieran’s pov.

The city skyline stretches out into the distance, but there’s no sunset.

No colorful clouds and yellow tinged fluffs rolling by. The sky is dark and a solitary moon hangs there, shining reservedly. The few stars around try their best to twinkle, but the moon isn’t in for any of that tonight.

My mind tells me it moves away just a bit, so it can add distance between it and the stars.

The realization hits me. That’s what my life feels like right now. I don’t know if I'm the moon, or just one of the stars trying to outshine the moon, but I know one thing. Like those stars and the moon, I’m alone.

And this can’t be how I choose to spend the rest of my life. I don’t want to be alone.

The furrow that forms on my brow is unsettling and I feel turmoil begin to build inside of me. My secretary’s voice snaps me back to reality, “Mr Blackstone.”

I glance at the door and give a relaxed raise of my eyebrow. She becomes nervous under the weight of my gaze, “There’s a lady at the recep