The Wife Who Returned
"Did she break her contract?"
"She did." Whitmore's expression was complicated, satisfaction mixed with something darker. "She lived another forty years and died peacefully in her sleep at age seventy-two. Her child grew up, had children of their own, and lived a full life."
Relief and hope surged through Seraphine's chest, so intense it was almost painful. She felt Lucien's arm tighten around her, felt the shudder that ran through his body as the same hope and relief crashed over him.
"Then there's a way," she breathed, turning to look up at him, seeing her own desperate hope reflected in his eyes. "There's actually a way to—"