Epilogue
Alpha Giraud’s home
Reception for Julien and Richard, and Vitas and Henri
Henri and Julien invited the European and the new Russian Councils to come to their reception. There was a band, and Henri and Vitas danced together for the first time, with Vitas resting his head on Henri’s heart. “I love you, my little one. Shall we dance all night?”
“Not all night, Henri. I want you. I want to make slow and easy love to you without worrying about Chernof or what The Alpha or the Mates will think of me. Chernof is gone and mostly forgotten. The other Russians are in the gulag paying for their sins along with Anatoly and Maxim. I’m glad they received a lighter sentence because they tried to help. I would have given them a suspended sentence.”
“You are too soft, pet. Anatoly and Maxim k
