Chapter 213: Homecoming Heat Valerio’s POVThe helicopter touched down on the private pad behind the Florence compound just as the first pale streaks of dawn bled across the sky. The rotors slowed to a lazy thrum and then silence. Cold air rushed in when the doors opened, but it felt almost warm compared to Siberia. I stepped out first, boots hitting frozen grass, then turned to help Elena. She moved carefully, still carrying the weight of the last forty-eight hours in her posture, but her eyes were bright, fierce, alive.Our mother followed, supported between Luca and Marco. She looked small against the two men, fragile in a way that made my chest ache, but she was breathing free air. That was enough for now.Elena paused at the edge of the pad. She looked up at the house, at the lit windows, at the place we had built together. Then she looked at me.I crossed the distance in two strides, took her face between my hands, and kissed her.Not gentle.Not careful.Deep and claiming, the
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