Anthony
“How do you feel?” Katya said as we walked slowly back to the cottage.
“Elated,” I said. “Amazed, excited. A million things at once. What about you?”
“Same,” she chuckled. “But I’m still so scared Anthony, to really trust and believe this is all happening and for real.”
“Katya, I love you,” I said, and she stopped walking. She turned to look at me. “I need you to know that I’m not going anywhere and I’m not letting anything happen to you ever. You’ll never have to sneak around or steal to survive ever again. You can trust this is real. I want everything that you want just as badly as you do. But I was afraid that you didn’t want those things at all.”
“I do want them,” she said. “I didn’t think I’d ever get the chance to have them, but the longer I’ve been here
