Chapter 120

Ugh....

The next morning, I awoke with another pounding headache, the kind that made the light feel like needles against my skull. My body ached, but not from anything physical—it was the ache of something deeper. Something missing.

I blinked against the haze, and slowly, the world came into focus.

Dario—no, Dante—was there, sitting quietly on the couch beside my bed. His elbows rested on his kne