He gave her a sense of security, so much so that tears surged forth without her trying to control them!
She wrapped her arms around his waist, fingers clutching the shirt on his back, whimpering softly before finally opening her mouth to bite the collar of his shirt.
Embraced, they looked from a distance like a pair of lovers, oblivious to the presence of the housekeeper standing at the stairway entrance…
Declan Dudley stood erect, having been there for a long while, watching the young lady clinging to the man and weeping bitterly, his heart shattered.
He held a packet of sleeping pills in his trembling hand, his eyes red and nearly overflowing with tears of age.
Declan was one of the few who knew Katie Hades's true identity. She was the top assassin of the Duskfire Sect, who had saved him from being hunted across Europe years ago. Since then, Declan had been utterly loyal to her.
