Markus Lahtic

In public and with his friends, he was always cruel. But not with her. Mark told her all his innermost secrets, just as she told him. They knew each other's secrets, they had their own jokes. She could always stop him, always bring him to his senses, steer him in the right direction. And he could always help her, support her in everything. They were best friends. The "Order of Friendship," which included Fash Dragotsiy, Vasilisa Ogneva, Zakhara Dragotsiy, Nick Lazarev, Maar Bronner, and Diana Fraser, never understood how she could become friends with him. Mark sometimes disliked them, and she was neutral about them—simply accepting their existence. These six always tried to drag her into their group. But they never succeeded. Now she was sitting in her room in Chernovod.