Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-One

Irina

I watched Dimitri drive away with Alexei. My heart felt like it was being ripped from my chest. What if he did not come back?

I held Nikolai tighter. He was awake now. Looking up at me with those big green eyes. He had no idea his father might be walking into a trap.

"Your daddy is brave," I whispered to him. "He is going to come back. He has to."

Mikhail came into the nursery. "How are you holding up?"

"I am terrified," I admitted.

"Dimitri is smart," Mikhail said. "And Alexei is with him. They will be okay."

"You do not know...