Page 168 of Remi's War (Four Dark Horsemen 2)

“I would have never done that. All I ever wanted was to find you.” Sometimes it feels like it was my lifelong mission to reunite us.

Our parents separated us to save us, and I guess I can’t really blame them for it after witnessing Duke’s madness.

However, we deserved better. At twenty-three, it’s not too late to restore our relationship.

“I came for our meeting.” She hooks a strand of hair behind her ear. “I was too late, though. Duke had already taken you.”

“You saved me. Thank you.”

“Yeah. Remi loves you, which is astonishing. I never knew he was capable of such emotion.” She frowns. “You should be with someone nicer.” A beat passes. “Preferably someone who follows the law.”

I smile.

Such a sister thing to say. A small thing, but it means a lot right now. “I happen to like him.”

“That’s great,” she mutters, and silence falls between us again. With the truth out in the open, we don’t really know how to act.

Amalia offers a sort of truce with her speech, and maybe in time we will build a normal relationship that—

I huff when she comes swiftly at me and envelops me in her arms, hugging me for the first time in our lives… and her perfume fills my nostrils.

And yet her presence in my space feels so familiar, so right and so needed, because I felt empty without her.

Remi is and always will be the love of my life, but Amalia is my soul mate.

Reflexively, my arm wraps around her as hard as possible, and I rest my chin on her shoulder, our heartbeats beating against each other. “I love you, Penelope. I’m sorry for being stubborn.”

Squeezing her harder, I whisper right back, “I love you too, Amalia.” And finally I find peace, because my search has ended.

It will take us a long time before we can truly be sisters, but the link that got broken is intact again, and with it, we can do anything.

My twin is with me.

And on this journey, I got my gorgeous man too.

What more could a woman want to be happy?

Chapter Twenty

“Odysseus needed twenty years to find a way back home.

He went through so many hardships yet withstood it all, because his family was a star shining in the sky, guiding him on his journey and urging him to keep going so he could reunite with them.

Wars, storms, goddesses, and curses…

They were powerless against the sheer will this man possessed, as the love burned in his soul so strongly everything else paled in comparison.

I never understood why my second name was Odysseus, found it funny even.

Until today.”

Remi

Remi

Shutting off the engine of the car, I take a deep breath and glance at Penelope, who puts her hand over mine on the steering wheel. “No pressure, darling,” she whispers, and I lean toward her, kissing her on the mouth for several seconds before resting my forehead against hers. “No matter what you choose, I will love you,” she says, reading my mind, although the heavy weight pressing on my chest rebels at the idea of disappointing her.

And yet I don’t doubt her words.

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