*Tallon*
Ivan’s words seemed to echo in the warehouse around us. I was simultaneously excited and disappointed to hear him say it.
On the one hand, I wanted all of this to end. It was time to put a stop to the violence. On the other, I wanted to make Ivan pay for what he’d done to Natalia. But I knew that making him pay wasn’t what would keep her safe in the long term.
No, the only way to do that would be to forge an unprecedented peace between our two families. And perhaps, if we worked together, we could manage to maintain that peace for decades to come.
“I’m done fighting,” I told Ivan honestly. “Too many innocents have lost their lives all because we can’t stop trying to get revenge. It’s pointless and it only punishes our men.”
“I agree,” Ivan said, the mean glint in his eyes slowly fading as he realized that he was unlikely to die today.
