Chapter 93
The weeks that followed were a study in slow deterioration.
Adrian was there. But he wasn't.
He played with Sophie. Went to appointments with her. Put his hand on her growing belly and felt the baby kick.
But he was somewhere else. Planning. Calculating. Preparing for a war only he could see.
"He's pulling away again," she told her father one afternoon. They were at the park. Sophie playing in the sandbox. Adrian standing apart. Watching the perimeter instead of his daughter.
"He's trying to protect you the only way he knows how," her father said. "By preparing to die."
"I won't let him."
"I don't think you have a choice." Her father's voice was gentle. Sad. "He's made up his mind. He's going to face Konstantin. Alone. And he's going to try to end it permanently."
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