THREE DAYS LATER - RURIK MANSIONDmitry’s room was always in soft half-light. The closed curtains filtered the morning light into golden threads, and the enchanted fireplace kept the environment at a warm, constant temperature.Susan slept between fine cotton sheets, her breathing calm. The paleness was beginning to recede from her cheeks, and although she was still fragile, she seemed less vulnerable with each dawn.Dmitry worked on the sofa beside the bed. The notebook on his knees, notes open around him. Even there, immersed in clan bureaucracy and security reports, his eyes returned to her every five minutes.Dmitry’s body burned. Not from fever, but from something more instinctive.Desire. Need. Hunger.She was there. Alive. Breathing. And he wanted to touch her. He wanted to wrap her in his arms, feel her bare skin against his, mark every inch. Everything possible to prove to himself that she was alive, and his.“She’s here. Calm, breathing… But you want more, don’t you? You wan
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