The Reckless Confession

Dante’s POV:

A quiet, amused chuckle slipped past my lips before I could bite it back. The sound died almost instantly in the sterile air of the hospital room. Miriam’s glare snapped toward me, as sharp and lethal as a drawn blade.

Even freshly out of surgery, leaning weakly against stark white hospital pillows, the woman possessed a raw, terrifying, no-nonsense strength. I found myself respecti