Anastasia Romanov
That was how I had intended it, but at the same time, I could feel my heart begin to crumble to dust.
I didn't deserve her.
We went through the gate of the Cossack Camp at last. After we got off Stardust, one of the hunters took the horse away. Then we walked back without any word passed between us. Damir emerged from the tent when he saw Vale again. He walked up to her enthusiastically.
"Vale, thank god, I'm so relieved you're back," he said. "I had to switch off the entire Phoenix Shield, and that worried me so much I almost went after you. If anything happened to you, I wouldn't..." He then glanced at me.