Sea Shadow (General Kirigan & Nikolai Lantsov)

Chapter 34

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Kaida was with her head on Nikolai's bare chest. Her body covered with the sheets and her hair a mess, but a big smile on her face. Nikolai was caressing Kaida's arms with delicacy. His blond hair a mess and his head against the headboard of the bed.

"I'm sorry," Kaida said, moving her head upwards to look at him.

"For what?" he asked with a frown.

"What happened with your family... I never told you because I didn't want you to go through all this," Nikolai kept quiet. "And I'm sorry for Vasily's dead,"

"You hated him," Nikolai replied.

"That doesn't mean you didn't care about him," she said. "I'm proud of you, Nikolai,"

"For what? For exiling my parents? For forcing my dad to write a letter of abdication?" he asked calmly, but with a bit of anger.

"No, I'm proud of the man you are. I'm proud of the way you handled the situation. I'm proud that you did what you had to do, even if that meant exile your parents. You are going to be a great King," Kaida whispered looking into Nikolai's eyes.

"Thank you, that means a lot," he said, hugging her strongly. They hugged in silence until Nikolai broke it. "Does someone else know? That you can summon shadows,"

"Just Alina. We found out together," Kaida answered.

"Are you planning on telling the others?" he asked.

"I don't know. Maybe," she answered.

"Well, when that happens I will be by your side," he said firmly.

Kaida said nothing but gave him a kiss on the lips.

"So, Kaida Kenyva," He said with a smile.

"No, that girl died fourteen years ago," Kaida said.

"I'm sorry about that. I didn't know he did that. If I knew..."

"What would have you done? You were seven, Nikolai. I was six. We didn't know each other and we could never have done something," Kaida said.

"When my father admitted what he did to your family you didn't look surprised. You knew, didn't you?"

"I had my suspicions," Kaida said.

"How?"

"Even at six years old I could feel people's emotions. When your father came to visit, all I could feel was jealousy, anger, frustration... by that time I didn't understand what it was, but when I started to control my small science and understand it, I realized. He was jealous that Ravka loved my father more than him, so I suspected he hired the assassins to kill my family, but I wasn't sure until now," Kaida explained.

"I'm sorry,"

"You have nothing to be sorry about. Those were your fathers mistakes, not yours,"

"Where did you get from the name Deveraux?" Nikolai asked curiously.

"The lab was hide in a cemetery, so the day I ran away I took the last name of one of the graves,"

"And think that you were just eighth," he said sadly.

"Yes...but then I met a blonde, crazy and annoying prince that somehow saved me," Kaida said with a smile.

"I'm sure he wasn't that annoying," Nikolai said.

Kaida laughed. "Oh, yes he was," Nikolai narrowed his eyes at her but then started laughing.

"I love you," he said, hugging her.