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I glanced to the right and saw hi in the doorway to the suite ofabout his interaction with theI told et him to look at me that way I kept silent as I an walking toward the elevator Not surprisingly, I heard his footsteps behind me an instant later When I reached the elevator, I pressed the button and waited, hoping the man wouldn't initiate a conversation with me

He didn't

I told

Once the elevator reached the floor, I prepared to step forhen the door opened, but Nikolai grabbedhimself between me and the elevator doors when they opened

“Is this really necessary?" I asked

"I don't know, is breathing really necessary?" Nikolai replied

Once on the elevator, his behavior was very much the same He kept his body between me and the doors the entire time and wouldn't allow me to step off until he'd made sure the coast was clear Clear fro I knew, for the moment, I didn't really have a choice I wanted to point out the fact that his behavior seemed to draw even more attention to us, but I kept my mouth shut

As a visitor, Nikolai was forced to go through the checkout process that I as an ee and tried to outrun the man, but he was back at

As we exited, I turned left with the intent of joining the throngs of coo ers closed around my upper arm and he pulled me backward

"What the—" I began, but Nikolai cut me off

"Your chariot awaits, Mr Archer," he said and then he beganat the curb

"I walk home," I said firers tightened slightly around htly but didn’t stop like I expected and since ere surrounded by people, it wasn't like I could let loose on the man like I wanted