“She is telling us the truth,” Dimitri said, standing with his back to the room as he looked down over the city. He turned when Sergei didn’t reply. “I mean it, Sergei,” he said harshly. “She is telling us the truth.”
“I know,” Sergei said as he sat on the couch with his head back so that he was staring up at the ceiling. “What does it mean?”
“It means I’m here to help you,” a soft voice said from the doorway leading from one of the bedrooms. “I just don’t know what I’m supposed to help you with yet.”
Sergei rose from the couch as Dimitri walked across the room. Dimitri pulled Rune into his arms and buried his face in her neck. A shudder ran down his body as she timidly wrapped her arms around his waist and held him back.
“You are beautiful, Rune,” Dimitri said thickly as he pulled bac
