I stepped into one of the bedrooms Alexei usually occupied in the Lancroft family mansion. The room was quiet, lit only by the soft glow of a bedside lamp.In the middle of the bed, Alexei sat against the headboard, calmly reading a book. He set it aside the moment he saw me.Alexei’s expression didn’t change—still flat, composed—as he took in the sight of me standing there in a robe, my hair half-wet. And somehow, it was from that calm that I sought my own peace.I wanted Alexei badly—tried to hunt him down, see him on the bed with his broad chest bare, with that look in his eyes. Alexei’s gaze was so steady, so tranquil, it soothed my heart instantly.If Nathaniel was fire, and Gabriel was a storm, then Alexei was a harbor with still waters—a place where I could finally dock.“Come here, krasivaya,” Alexei said, his baritone voice soothing.I opened my robe and let it fall to the floor. I let Alexei see me completely—the marks left by Nathaniel, and the remnants of Gabriel’s madness
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