Chapter 429. The Don Makes Amends

Proserpina

When I opened my eyes, it was because I was feeling thirsty, my mouth felt dry, sandpapery and rough. I had been dreaming, of darkness, of voices that faded and then again, came closer. People talking. I opened my eyes and let the surroundings register.

For a wild, fearful moment, I wondered where I was; was I back in the hands of Dmitri Rudenko? I tried to sit up, panicking, and the beeping sound of some machine, a monitor of some sort, attached to a multitude of tubes that went into my arms, went off loudly and the door flew open as a doctor rushed in, followed by three nurses.

One of them was Camille and I almost sobbed in relief as she came to me. But I was very weak, I realized so when I tried to stretch out my hand to her, I could barely lift it. Recollection flooded my brain and I tried to ask about Lucien, Ria , my unborn child…But I could only croak.

Camille laid a work roughened hand on my forehead as the other nurses an