CHAPTER NINETY-ONE

Irina

Dimitri stared at his phone with wide eyes. The phone nearly slipped from his fingers. 

"What is it?" I asked nervously. My voice sounded too loud in the quiet room. I pushed myself up on my elbows, the IV line tugging at my hand. "What happened?"

"Alexei," he said breathlessly. "Alexei is awake."

The words hit me like a physical blow.

My heart stopped beating for a moment. 

Alexei.

The man who had ruined my life from the beginning. The man who had kidnapped me and terrorized me for months. 

That man was awake.

I had almost forgotten about him lying in that coma. 

I had let...