Sophia I didn’t keep the door open for Dimitri to come to me in the night. How could I with what I was planning on doing? I locked it tight and moved rooms. No one asked me why, but I wasn’t a fool I saw the questioning looks and raised eyebrows. I ignored them all. What other choice did I have? It wasn’t like I could admit to them what Ivan had asked of me. although I had no doubt that Luca had filled them in. maybe it was more the fact that I couldn’t put into words what I was contemplating doing. It was evil. Indefensible. But what other choice did I have? To go against Ivan would mean my son’s death. Ivan might not have said the words out loud, but I had seen the threat in his eyes when he mentioned accidents. The Russian had me over a barrel with no hope of escape and he knew

