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Katerina’s Point Of View
I was shocked but delighted by Diana’s grand reveal. Discovering her talent for math came as a surprise, partly solving a puzzle for me. The main threat to her life came not from a bunch of withering crime families but from the government, which was as yet unaware of her dangerously exploitable gift.
It seemed unlikely that New York’s mafia families would reach Ralph before Antonella arrived to appease and negotiate with them in a few days. They hadn’t discovered him yet and seemed content to sit on the problem.
That gave Amy and Victor plenty of time to work with Diana on a plan to protect her.
As I let my night robe fall suggestively to the floor of our bedroom and rolled naked into bed with my lover Peter, it wasn’t Diana who concerned me.
“I am worried about us and Ophelia, Peter.”
“Taking a lover this way adds complexity to our lives, but we’ve been cautious and have a private love nest. The physical planning for our trysts is secure, but we are playing in the polyamory, ethical nonmonogamy space, and danger lurks.”
“I feel like I have been here already with Artyom. When my almost former husband was seeing men, we had a tacit agreement - a marriage of convenience, so to speak. I don’t want anything like that to happen between us.”
Peter rolled sideways toward me, shunted across the bed, and stared into my eyes with a loving, reassuring smile. He stroked his finger along the back of my hand, up my arm, across a shoulder, and then to my neck, opening a palm to gently cup my cheek. Although I had grown a family with Artyom, Peter was the only man who knew me.
“I love you, Katerina.”
“I love you too, Peter.”
“I share your vulnerability. We have a great deal to lose, and I understand Ophelia will be a powerful aphrodisiac and stimulant in our lives. ”
“We are great together as a couple, honey. We must protect our love from all outsiders, including Ophelia.”
“But you need more than me. Specifically, you want to fuck a woman in your bed.”