Chapter 244

“It’s better I than you.” His voice was calm. Too calm.

No, Dante, what have you done?!

“I love you, Elara.....”

WHAT??!!!

“NO!”

I gasped loudly.

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When I woke, the first thing I noticed was silence.

Not peace — silence.

The kind that feels like the world is holding its breath.

The second thing I noticed was the light.

It poured through the curtains like pale honey, but everything around me