11Dmitri was sleeping off his injuries, so there was very little said between them for those first two days. After they both were sent out of the hospital it remained, the silence. The moment they opened the door to their old cabin, they simply occupied the space together for some hours, siting together on the bed.
Dmitri’s face was emotionless now, and it helped Alexei forget his reaction that first day in the hospital. He was combing through the books and papers like before, as though nothing had happened between them.
“I was going through your translations and it seemed like there was a part missing.” Dmitri finally said something. “What did you think when you went through it?”
“Part missing?” Alexei echoed blankly.
“Yes, did you notice anything? At the end of some of the chapters t
