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“I hate it down here. I want to go home.”
“I know. I know you do. Not much longer.”
He had no idea how much longer it was. Fact was, she was doing far better than he’d thought. He figured she would have frozen up. And he’d been prepared for that. Liam told him to get her as far as he could and that they would find them. No matter what.
He had complete faith in Liam. All he had to do was keep their girl safe until their Dom could get to them.
“Nico,” she whispered on a soft cry. She stopped, her hand pressing to her chest. “I . . . I . . .”
“You got this, pretty girl. You’re doing so well. Come here.” He drew her close, hugging her tightly.
“I . . . I can’t go any further.”
“You don’t have to. You got us far enough away. We can wait here.”
“But . . . but . . .”
“We can stay here. Liam will come for us.”
“He’ll come for us?”
“Do you doubt that anyone would stop Liam from finding us?”
“Right. Right. Liam will find us. Can you . . . can you . . .”
“Can I what?”
“Can you t-tell me n-not to think? In that c-commanding voice. W-when you say it l-like that. It’s e-easier. I can b-breathe.”
Got it. Maybe now wasn’t the time for gentle. He grasped her cheeks in his hands and raised her face. The light tilted up at the ceiling but that didn’t matter right now. There was still enough illumination to see her.
“You are going to listen to me,” he commanded. “You are going to keep walking. You will get us out of here. Because it’s what I want. Understand? You’re going to do as I say, aren’t you, Charlotte?”
Her breathing started to calm.
“Yes.”
“Yes, what?” he asked sternly.
“Yes, Nico.”
“You’re not going to think about anything else but what I want. What Liam wants. We both want you to lead us out of here. Understand?”
“Yes, Nico.”
“Good girl.” He longed to kiss her, but she was growing calmer, and he didn’t want to do anything to ruin that.
Fuck, she was so brave. So beautiful.
A miracle.
Liam felt like he was going to crawl out of his skin.
“What if they’re not there? What if they can’t get through the tunnels?”
Regent glanced at Victor. Their driver was taking them to where Lottie and Nico were supposed to end up. What if something fucking happened to them?
“I should never have left them alone,” he said.
