CHAPTER 12
ELENA
Reuniting with her daughter was bittersweet. Elena knew it was impossible, but it felt as if her little girl had grown since the last time she’d seen her. They both cried as they fell into each other’s arms. But Elena knew their time was limited. A predator was after her little girl and every minute they talked was another minute Vicky wasn’t safely tucked away far from the Morellis. Far too soon, Elena knew it was time to say goodbye.
No sooner had Vicky left than Viking entered the room.
“You don’t need to worry. I didn’t tell her about you shoving me in a cellar and leaving me there to starve.” Or about the other activities that had passed between them. No matter her daughter’s age, she was still impressionable and, as her mother, she needed to keep decorum, or at l
