Chapter LXV

I was clinging to him and crying, in a way even the pain in my arm had been in the background. I didn’t care if he did what he did at Nikolai’s behest, he had stood by my side and that’s what matters.

"I missed you so much, redhead." he muttered against my hair, hugging me tight like he always did when I was scared.

"I wanted to see you so many times, I had so many questions." I raised my eyes to look better at him and held his face. "But now I’m just glad that you’re here."

I was happy, even with all the shit going on around us, the only man I knew as a father, the last two people I have as family were there with me.

"You’ll have time for that later, now Bridget needs to pay her debt with death. Before she takes it."

"Nikolai is right, we did not come here just for reunions." Will stood up and lifted me up. "Nik has a gift for you."

I frowned at Will, didn’t want to argue with him, especially now that we were together after so long.

"The only gift Nikolai could give me was thi