She sits back, and in the gathering darkness, I can see tears gleaming in her eyes. "You really scared me last night, Samuil." Her voice cracks on my name.
"I know."
She shakes her head. "No, you don't. I---I saw you disappear underneath that water and... I couldn't breathe. I thought my heart had actually stopped beating."
"I know the feeling." I place my hand over her chest. "Before you, I wasn't even sure I had a heart. Now, you're the reason it beats at all."
She presses her forehead to mine. "I love you, Samuil."
Emotion clogs my throat, making it impossible to say the words back. But she has to know how I feel about her. This fierce, stubborn woman who walked into my life with an unruly Great Dane and proceeded to turn my whole world upside down. There's no other person in heave
