[True Love]

Nikolai’s POV

Her soft gasp.

The tremor her body rocks to.

I see her lips quiver, a light glint in her vision and her lips part open to speak, and closes speechless.

“Since I laid eyes on you I’ve never been the same. I can’t explain why I feel this way but I know my heart would bleed away if you aren’t here. I didn’t beat that man because I wanted to hurt him, I did because he touched what was mine. My woman. My Gianna.”

Tears streamed down both cheeks, her gaze descended on my bandanged knuckles. Her neck leaned forward, tears dropped, her lips slammed on...