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I smile and turn her toward the stairs. “Up there is where you’ll lie with me each night. It’s where you’ll help me decorate a nursery when the time comes.”
She lets go and turns to me. Her eyes bore into mine, challenging me.
“Don’t say anything,” I beg. I don’t need her mouth to ruin the one moment I’m trying to be a romantic. I know she’d call me out for even bringing up the idea of having children, and she can save it because I don’t want to hear it.
She tries to wrap her arms around my neck, but I stop her.She’s an eager one.Holding her face in my hands, I brush her skin.
“And right here is where you bring me to my knees and I ask you to love me forever.” I grab onto her hand and kneel to the ground. The look on her face is priceless. It means everything to me and more.
“Mikhail,” she starts.
Her love chains me down in the best way possible. I never thought love could have different meanings, but it does. The love I have for Sloane is the kind I’d burn the entire fucking world for.
The simple look in her eyes could bring me to my knees.
“I’ve never had anyone to call home before. You are my home,” I say. “Take my name. Take all my time. Take my heart in your hands. Take me as your husband.”
She drops to the floor and holds onto my hands, wiping away the tears before she places her forehead against mine. “You and me?”
I nod. “You and me,Koldunya.”
CHAPTER36
MIKHAIL
Sloane grumbles while she climbs on top of me, grabbing my phone off the nightstand. It rings with an obnoxious tone. It’s the only one that ever wakes me up, but it didn’t this time. Sloane—a very heavy sleeper—heard it before me.
“What do you want?” she demands of the other person on the line.
Her legs straddle my hips, and it takes everything in me not to act on my impulsive thoughts. She’s so sexy when she’s angry.
“She’s alive.” I hear Max’s voice through the phone. It sounds broken and hopeful at the same time. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not.
Probably not.
Sloane brings her attention to me with a look of curiosity. “Who?” she asks hesitantly.
“Rosalie ... the woman you saw. I saw her too, and she’s not where I thought she was.”
My eyes slam shut when I think about what he’s doing. He wouldn’t do that ...would he?
Sloane mumbles something to me that I can’t understand, but she shares my shock. “Where did you think she was?” she asks.
Max pauses. When it takes him some time to answer, my suspicions are confirmed. “Uh, in the ...” He stutters. “I thought she was in her grave.”
I snatch the phone from Sloane and bring it to my ear. “What the fuck are you doing?” I ask with anger.
“Doing what I should have done years ago.”
I take in a deep breath. “Where are you?”
“Glenwood Cemetery.”
Sloane watches me intently, wondering what’s going on, and I explain to her that Max is in the Clarkes’ territory. I thought Max and Marco hashed it out, but I guess not.
“I’ll be there in half an hour. Stay put.”
As I get ready I can feel the steam blowing from my ears. I fucking try, I really do. I wanted to take Sloane out to see the world and explore places she’s always dreamed of seeing, but that’ll have to wait since Max is starting something instead of ending it.
