BLOODSTAINED HEARTS
"Maybe. Maybe not. He did teach me how to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling with my eyes closed."
I chuckled, shaking my head. "Sure, you did. And I bet you can fly, too."
"Oh, I can," she declared, her voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper. "But only when you're not looking."
We both burst into laughter, the sound echoing through the room and chasing away the shadows that clung to the corners. The tension from the night before, the memory of Mikhail's mocking grin, faded into the background. In this moment, with Yelena by my side, the world felt a little brighter, a little less full of danger.
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