Chapter 91

CHAPTER NINETY-ONE

Irina

Dimitri stared at his phone with wide eyes. The phone nearly slipped from his fingers.

"What is it?" I asked nervously. My voice sounded too loud in the quiet room. I pushed myself up on my elbows, the IV line tugging at my hand. "What happened?"

"Alexei," he said breathlessly. "Alexei is awake."

The words hit me like a physical blow.

My heart stopped beating for a moment.

Alexei.

The man who had ruined my life from the beginning. The man who had kidnapped me and terrorized me for months.

That man was awake.

I had almost forgotten about him lying in that coma.

I had let myself believe he might never wake up. It was a dark thought, but it had brought a measure of peace.

With everything else happening I had pushed him to the back of my mind.

But now he was awake.

And everything was about to change, again. The safety I had begun to feel could now be threatened.

"I should go to the estate now," Dimitri said. His voice was tough.

He started walking towards th