Armored Hope

Vittoria

My phone buzzed on the desk, and I almost jumped-not because I wasn't expecting it, but because I hadn't allowed myself to hope so fully. I picked it up, heart skipping at the sight of his name. Dante. Dante.

We should see each other, talk, figure this out.

I blinked at the screen, a slow, fragile smile tugging at my lips. Talk. Figure this out. He wanted me. After all the chaos, the betr