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We’re each other’s weapons. And there’s no one I’d rather bleed with.

“Can we… go home, Declan?”

Home. I don’t believe that is a single place anymore.

It’s simply wherever my heartbreaker is.

Chapter 86

CHARLOTTE

Song, Scream My Name, Thomas LaRosa

Iroll over to face him as he rests his muscular arm behind his head.

I can hear the cogs turning in his brain, so I trace my finger along the ink up his neck, watching the smile twitch on his lips as I touch him.

Tomorrow is the day we fly out to Russia. We’ve spent the last four days training, planning, and, well, fucking. But he can now toss a knife like a pro.

“What’s up?” I whisper, leaning in to press a kiss on his sharp jaw.

“I’m nervous,” he admits, looking up at the ceiling, so I sit up and cup his cheek.

“You, nervous, why? We can take down Vlad,” I tell him.

With Enzo and Drago on our side, there is no other option than to win. At least, that’s what I’m making myself believe.

He sighs and shakes his head.

“Not that. I will meet my daughter for the first time. What if she thinks her daddy is an asshole? She’s already nearly five. I’ve missed five whole years. Enough time for her brain to learn her daddy wasn’t there for her.”

My heart hurts for him.

“Isabella is a beautiful, kind soul, Declan. She knew her daddy couldn’t come for her, not wouldn’t. I told her stories about you her whole life.”

He blinks a few times and turns to look at me.

“She knows about me?”

I nod, chewing on my lip.

“She knows you as the prince in my story. The one I promised to find her one day after I’d saved us both.”

I close my eyes thinking about her sweet little face.

“I bet she’s a warrior just like her momma. Ay?” It’s his turn to sit himself up and brush a stray tear from my cheek.

“I hope she’s nothing like me,” I say quietly.

He tuts and shakes his head.

Pushing me onto my back, he clambers on top, nudging my knees open with his thighs and holding my wrists loosely above my head.

“I hope our daughter is just like you. A woman who will burn the world down for those she loves. A woman who is so fierce she can’t see how powerful she truly is. A force with a kind heart and beautiful soul. Who never fucking gives up. I hope our daughter sees how hard her mom loves her. And I hope one day, our baby girl can see how much her daddy loves her and her mommy. I hope both of you can see what it’s like to be truly cherished. My girls will have the world, baby. I will not stop until I deliver it.”

I suck in a breath as the hot tears stream down my cheek.

“She is going to be obsessed with you, Declan. She deserves a daddy who will show her true love.”

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