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Chief and Misha join Vlad so they can eat some of his fries. He pulls the plate away at first, then relents and pushes it closer.
Jasper leans his head against the window, eyes closed, expression peaceful.
Hakim says something that makes Alla laugh. She leans across the counter to brush his curls back from his forehead with the palm of her hand.
Adrik and I sway together, his heat radiating into me, making me truly warm as nothing else can. He kisses the top of my head, then rests his cheek there, his arms wrapped tightly around me.
“Did you think about shooting me?” I ask him.
“Not for a second.”
“Not even half a second? After everything I did?”
He looks down at me and slowly shakes his head.
“It really didn’t matter what you did. I can’t not have you.”
The rain beats down on the metal roof of the trailer, turning all the world outside the windows to a watery blur.
Nothing exists outside of us.
The world
May think I’m foolish
They can’t see you
Like I can
Oh but anyone who knows what love is
Will understand
I lay my head against his chest again, hearing that steady beat of his heart.
Softly, so softly that I don’t know if he’ll hear me, I say, “Thank you for forgiving me.”
“I’ll always forgive you, baby girl. Just don’t leave me again.”
“I won’t. I can’t.”
The rain drips down off our clothes, and blood too. Soon there’s a pool around our feet, threads of scarlet diffusing across the white and black tiles. Our boots squelch in the puddles.
Our bodies ache, our heads spin. I’ve never been in more pain.
And yet I’m happy.
So happy I could die.
EPILOGUE
SABRINA
2 Months Later
In the month after the shootout, it felt like everyone in Moscow wanted to kill us. The High Table was in a fury, thekachkiwanted revenge for Cujo, and even Krystiyan Kovalenko had a cousin or two who liked him enough to care that Adrik cut his throat.
Even with the Wolfpack standing by us and Adrik’s family backing us up, we would have been in serious shit. It was the Winter Diamond that saved us.
