The Parting Promise

SERAFINA

I held his gaze.

“I can’t survive without you,” I said again.

“You won’t have to,” he replied quietly. “I’m going to be okay. I’ll come back. I have to. You and Dante are waiting for me. I won’t break that promise.”

He lifted my chin gently so I had no choice but to look at him.

“I just need you to stay here,” he said softly. “For me. For Dante.”

I stared at him then, and I knew He was wa