“I do know,” she whispered, her arms tight round my neck once more. “I knew you and Knight and my mommy have been in search of me. I used to be simply so scared.”

“It is okay to be scared,” I murmured. “Once you’re nonetheless robust, regardless that you are scared, that makes you the bravest of all.”

“Actually?” she pulled away from me, nonetheless wanting unsure.

“Actually.” She thought of that however I might see the fatigue in her eyes. “Right here,” I held out the covers. “Climb in.”

She slowly burrowed into the blankets and I wrapped them round her like a cocoon. Then I settled in subsequent to her. “It is okay. I am right here now.”

She nodded, not responding, and after some time, I might really feel the strain slowly melting away from her physique. Ultimately, her respiration evened out.

“That man mentioned numerous dangerous phrases,” she mentioned softly, after an extended whereas.

“He did.” I smiled regardless of the state of affairs, and pressed a kiss on the highest of her head.

She yawned. “Can I fall asleep now?”

“In fact,” I whispered.

She shifted a few instances earlier than rising nonetheless and, whereas I waited for her to go to sleep, I studied the room, decided that I used to be going to get her out of right here protected and sound.

There was somewhat gentle coming from a small window, however I might see the darkish shadows of metal bars, sealing us inside. With that small sliver of sunshine, I might barely make out the define of our 4 poster mattress and a easy dresser. There was no closet, no nightstand, nothing else.

Not a everlasting dwelling then, regardless of Antonio’s phrases.

A cool breeze washed over me and my eyes widened, looking for the supply. It wasn’t the window. It took me a couple of minutes, my gaze looking each break and shadow within the wall.

Lastly, barely seen, I noticed the broad opening of an industrial sized air flow system–possibly simply massive sufficient to carry Honey.

Simply as I used to be about to slide out from underneath the covers to examine it extra fastidiously, Honey’s voice, candy however hesitant, stuffed the air. “Tatiana?”

“Sure?” I used to be shocked she wasn’t asleep but.

“Do you assume…” her small voice petered out and I gave her a second to assemble her braveness. After some time, she spoke once more, her voice stronger. “Do you assume that if I killed that dangerous man, I’d go to hell?”

My thoughts reeled with the query. “No.” My voice was agency. “No. You will not go to hell.”

“Do you assume that he’ll go to hell for being a foul man?”

“Sure.” I nodded, regardless that she wasn’t taking a look at me. “Sure, I do know he’ll.”

“Good,” she mentioned in a happy tone. “He should not be so dangerous. Then perhaps folks would love him.”

I rubbed a thumb throughout her pores and skin. “You are proper. If he wasn’t so dangerous, perhaps folks would love him extra.”

The room was silent once more, then. “Tatiana?”

“Sure, Honey?”

“Do you,” once more, she paused, however this time, her voice was much more hesitant, a trickle of worry infusing it, “do you assume your mother and father are in hell for what they did to you?”

I used to be shocked into silence. I blinked, not realizing what to say. After I did not reply her, she squeezed my hand. “It is okay. You do not have to reply. Will you lay down subsequent to me whereas I sleep?”

Giving up on looking the room along with her request, I snuggled down underneath the blanket, pulling her to me. “Sure.” I kissed the highest of her head. “I am going to hold you protected from the dangerous man, I promise.”

“I do know you’ll,” she yawned, then mumbled as sleep lastly started to take her. “I all the time knew you’ll.”

Her phrases echoed by way of my thoughts, lengthy after she fell asleep, rumbling again and again as I stared blankly into the darkness.

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