Nathan:It took nearly an hour to get Mia to sleep. It took an hour of reassurance, an hour of reminding her she was safe, and an hour of holding her while her fear slowly gave way to exhaustion.Eventually, her breathing evened out. Her body relaxed against mine. And the moment I knew she was finally asleep, something inside me cracked. Even now, after everything she had survived, Vladimir still had this much power over her, and I hated how much pain she was in right now, all because of a bastard who I wanted so bad to kill.I brushed a strand of hair from her face and let my thumb linger against her cheek. “You don’t have to run anymore, little wolf,” I whispered.Then I carefully slipped out of bed.The room was dark when I stepped into the hallway. The hallway wasn’t.Elijah was waiting.Of course he was.The second our eyes met, I knew he hadn’t gone to bed. He had been thinking, planning, preparing, the same way I had.“How is she?” he asked quietly.“Asleep.”He nodded, and for
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