Fulfilling my promise to Lana had got to be the most liberating thing I'd ever done.
It took away the guilt I'd felt on that day I saw her for the first time; star-struck by those bright eyes that dimmed when her father announced the purpose of our visit with tears in his eyes. It took away the feeling of possessiveness — the need to control her. It took away a lot of things I wasn't proud of and left me with a warm glow in my chest. What it didn't take away, however, was my ever-increasing love for her.
Andre came over to the house the following morning and handed me the initial contract she and I had signed. I couldn't look at it — I set it aside and had him draw up a new one. This one wrote off any debt the Williams family owed any Stravkos, real or perceived, and the two families wer
