Chapter 52. I Love You

The world slows around me. Gravel crunches under my bare feet. Oh, god, how has this happened? Everything hurts as I sprint across the warehouse parking lot to where Dante fell.

Gouts of crimson blood stains the rocks in front of him. My heart hammers, drowning out voices and gunfire and anything else. I drop to my knees and skid the rest of the distance, barely noticing the pain as my skin shreds. His eyelids flutter. Not dead. Yet.

“Eleni.” He reaches for me with a weak smile.

My heart is in my throat. I run my hands over his chest, not bothering to be careful, until I find a patch of his suit soaked through with blood. Right in the middle of his chest. Tears fill my eyes, magnifying the shine on something a bit behind him.

His gun.

Luca begins laughing. “Looks like we’ve got more than one night to enjoy, Ellie.”

My feet move before I know what’s going on. All I know is that Luca has taken too much from me. I’m tired of hiding