Nicholai was extremely jealous, he wanted me and I wanted nothing to do with him. I only coexisted with him to preserve the horde, and honestly, because the tension between us was entertaining. He tried to make me jealous by showing Netta and Alyanna, whenever he remembered she existed, attention in front of me, I payed no attention to them. I had Damien, there was no need to look elsewhere. When parading his concubines around failed, he would use other tactics to make me love Damien less and find him more attractive. Nicholai's tactics never succeeded.
Nicholai would try to demand things of Damien, things that Nicholi thought would make my opinion of Damien diminish. Instead of finding him more attractive, I would squabble with Nicholai. "I am head of this horde!" Nicholai would shout.
"No! There is no head! Govern your dogs if you will, but leave my Damien be!" Nicholai would strike me for saying that, so I would punch him. Nicholai would proceed to break my arm, so I would break a few of his ribs, this was a constant viscous cycle. A cycle that eventually would end, but not until Damien and I suffered immensely.