A Future Unstained

Vittoria

The tone stuck in my ear, cold and mocking, promising an end before anything had a chance to begin. But I did not let Dante see the way my hand trembled when I ended it. I did not pick. I pressed the red button and let the call time out, the screen going black.

Not tonight. Whoever it was, whatever lurked in the shadows, they could wait until dawn. Tonight was ours. Was mine.

I put the ph