Half a Lifetime Later—My Mafia Princess is Finally Mine
I tore it open.
When I pulled the paper out, my hands suddenly went dead still. I stared at it, the breath leaving my lungs in one long, shaky exhale. It wasn't a new letter. It was my letter. The one I’d written him a lifetime ago, back when I was still trying to apologize for a war I started.
He had kept it. Through the blood, the years, and the distance, he had carried my words with him. I looked at the faded ink and realized I didn't even recognize the girl who had written it anymore.