"Not afraid of you, Nikola," Helen whispered, "never of you. For you far too often, but I never once thought you would harm me."
In his darkest moments, Helen had cried, feared and begged but it was Nikola to gain peace for himself, not to take her from danger.
Helen paused before adding the note to the other opened ones, intending to keep them all.
Nine...
Nikola had been gone nine days.
1/3rd of the way done.
Despite missing Nikola terribly it was wonderful to once again measure their parting in days instead of years or worse, decades.