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“I—the things I did?—”
“You did because you had to. Like we all do,” I growl, leaning my forehead against hers.
“Alistair…”
“I love you, Eloise,” I say quietly, again.
The tears begin to flow hotly down her cheeks as she wraps her arms around me.
“I love you too.”
I hold her like that, letting her cry against me as we hold each other in the dark, dank, coldness of the windowless concrete room. Her sobs begin to hitch harder and louder, getting more frantic as she clings to me, choking and gasping.
Shit, she’s having a panic attack.
“Eloise—”
“We’re going to die in here!” she screams, clutching at me and shaking. “Oh God, Alistair, he’s?—”
“Breathe,” I hiss, pulling back and holding her face in my hands, maintaining eye contact. “I need you…” I grunt, swallowing back the pain and nausea from the wound in my side. “I need you to breathe, princess.”
Her lips twist. Her eyes latch onto mine.
“I used to hate it so much when you called me that.”
“I know.”
She grins wryly at me. “Dick.” She swallows, her hands coming up to grip my wrists as I cup her face. “I… I don’t hate it anymore.”
A tremor ripples through her, and I can see the color drain from her face again as the reality of our situation creeps in.
“Tell me something no one knows about you.”
She chokes out a half-sob, half-smile as her eyes lift to mine again.
“I know what you’re trying to do.”
“And?”
“And it’s not going to?—”
“Or you could just stop being a pain in the ass and go with it.”
Her teeth rake over her lower lip as she smiles a watery smile. “You already know everything about me, Alistair.”
“Apparently not,” I growl quietly, my eyes dragging over our surroundings.
She looks at me sadly. I just smile and lean my forehead on hers again.
“He—Massimo, I mean,” she says quietly. “He was going to hurt Camille. And, I know, I know, she’s…” Eloise shakes her head slowly.
“Family is family,” I grunt quietly. “I get it.”
“I’m sorry,” she whispers.
“I know.” I kiss her forehead. “Now, tell me something anyway. Something no one knows.”
“Alistair…”
