Page 546 of Reign

“Te amo, princesa.”

She heads for the door.

“And Luciano?”

“What?”

“No teaching the baby to say shit.”

I look down at Massimo.

“He heard you say it twice.”

She laughs and closes the door behind her.

I look at the baby in my arms.

Massimo stares back at me with wide, curious eyes.

“Your Tía is a terrible influence.”

He gives me a gummy smile.

For once, thinking about the future doesn’t feel impossible.

Florida.

Elena Hope.

A family of our own.

All of it.

Now I just need my sister home.

Chapter 73

Elena

I’m going to miss this place.

The thought hits me as Luciano leads me through Obsidian, his hand resting against the small of my back.

The low pulse of music follows us through the corridor, softened by dark walls and closed doors. Warm light catches on my dress whenever we pass beneath a sconce, turning the purple latex almost black before it gleams again.

The first time I walked into Obsidian, I never would’ve admitted that.

Now?

Yeah.

I’m going to miss it.

Obsidian is where so much of this started. Where I figured out that half the things I’d spent years secretly wondering about were things I actually wanted.

Where Luciano somehow took every curiosity I had and made it worse.

Or better.