Elizabeth POV
Four weeks later,
I wasn’t expecting anyone. So when the knock came, I almost ignored it. But the moment I pulled the door open, my eyes widened.
Of all the people to find on this porch after everything I’d done—Nana stood there.
She looked the same, steady as ever, her gaze soft but piercing in a way that made me feel both five years old and twenty-four at the same time.
“My poor troublemaker,” she said, and before I could think, her arms were around me.
I didn’t realize how much I’d missed her until I saw her standing there.
“My poor troublemaker,” she said, pulling me into her arms without waiting for permission.
For a second, I just held on, unable to believe she was standing here in Alaska of all places.
“How… how did you even find me?”
She leaned back, her e
