Rune leaned back against the door that she had just closed. She had woken up thirsty and lonely and wanted to curl up in the other room near Dimitri and Sergei instead of being in the large, cold bed all alone. Tonight’s events had shown her just how precious her time with them was. Now, she wished she would have stayed in bed. The medication had taken care of the pain in her side but she didn’t think anything would help with the pain in her heart.
She had discarded what the young nurse had said about Sergei. There was no way he could make love to her the way he did and care about another woman. Now, she wasn’t so sure. She had frozen with the door cracked when she heard Dimitri ask Sergei if he loved her. His comment that he cared for her but she would never be like Eloise seared through
