Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-One

Irina

Midnight came too quickly.

I sat on the edge of my bed, staring at the locked door.

Alexei's offer echoed in my mind.

One hour a day with Nikolai. In exchange for giving myself to him every night.

Was it worth it?

Alexei had made that offer before and I had accepted. 

Accepting the second time for my baby won't kill me. 

But Dmitri was here.

Sleeping with his twin brother, knowing he was somewhere, suffering alone in a cell was heartbreaking. 

How could I face him after?

Would he ever forgive me?

I thought of Nikolai's face. The way he had stopped crying...