Page 76 of Crimson Wrath

“Ya tebya lyublyu,”Anton murmurs into my ear.

“Ya tozhe tebya lyublyu,”I respond. “Always and forever…vsegda i navsegda,” I add, because I’ve been practising my Russian while lying in his arms.

“Vsegda i navsegda,”he echoes.

And as I immerse myself in this moment of peace, holding my baby, listening to Niko, and feeling the warm strength of my husband, I know that we’ve truly found what I was secretly looking for my whole life.

And it’s not an expensive diamond.

Or a swift escape from the country with a ton of cash.

No.

It’s this, right here.

Our very own happily ever after.

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