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My lips part, but it’s a promise I’m not brave enough to make just yet. All I can do is take his hand, intertwining my fingers with his. “Learn to trust me and I won’t ever have a reason to betray you.”
“Trust.” He leans in, mulling over the word like it’s a foreign concept. “I’m sure that includes many avenues we can build on. Thoroughly. Maybe we’ll live out that fantasy yet.”
My cheeks flame as I recall his vision of the future: me, giving him multiple children.
“But first…” He draws back suddenly serious. “I’m going to drive the nightmares from your skull. For good.”
Meaning Robert Winthorp and this stupid, petty war. Did my mother know the chaos she’d leave in her wake with such a simple lie?
As Vanya stated, Mischa doesn’t even know the extent.
“How?” I ask.
He hesitates and I can see the war within himself playing out across his features. Hatred and desire. Finally, something wins. “We’re going to cut the serpent off at its head.”
In other words: kill Robert.
“When?”
“Soon.” He stares off into the distance. “Fairly soon.”
“And when it happens, you’ll tell me?”
“Yes.” He looks down, meeting my gaze. “I’ll tell you, Little Rose. As promised, I’ll even let you twist the knife.”
