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Turning away from the last place I saw Everleigh, I walk to the SUV and climb into the passenger seat.
When Misha slides behind the steering wheel, he says, “I’m looking forward to our training at St. Monarch’s, and we’ll see more of Armani.”
Armani is an enforcer for the Italian mafia. We’ve worked with him in the past and built a friendship.
“I don’t want anyone at St. Monarch’s to know about my past or Everleigh,” I mutter.
“Okay.”
Honestly, I’m only going because that’s where Misha will be.
“Don’t baby me either,” I add.
“Okay.”
Mama tried to get me to take medication, but it drained me of my energy. Instead, Misha guards me, always there to calm me down when I lose my shit.
He’s become my voice of reason.
As we drive toward the airport, I close my eyes, letting the memories of Everleigh wash over me.
I spend more time in my fragmented mind than in reality because it’s the only place I can hear her voice and see her beautiful face.
‘If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?’ Everleigh whispers.
Surrounded by the darkness, we’re caught in our little bubble.
I don’t hesitate to answer, ‘LA.’
Straddled on my lap, she pulls a little back, and I feel her breath skim over my jaw. ‘Why?’
‘Well, it used to be LA. That’s where the head of the bratva and my hero live. But now it’s Ohio.’
‘Do you think we would’ve fallen in love if we met under normal circumstances?’
‘I’d always fall in love with you.’
Everleigh’s mouth finds mine, and time falls away.
Our souls connect, and we become one. Love doesn’t begin to describe what I feel for her.
Everleigh is my beginning and my end.
She’s my forever and always.
My soulmate.
The Present
Three years later…
Chapter 21
Everleigh
Locking the door of my bookstore, I walk to the back, where Vincent is napping.
I tried to get used to calling him Alek, but I couldn’t, so I swapped his first and second names.
