Inferno: Part 4 (The Vault) by T.K. Leigh

Author:T.K. Leigh [Leigh, T.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carpe Per Diem, Inc. / Tracy Kellam
Published: 2018-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

“YOU KNOW WHAT THIS reminds me of?” I said in a scratchy voice the following Thursday as I lay in Dante’s arms. The sun had begun to peek over the mountains, its brilliant rays sparkling and gleaming on the ocean in the distance as we remained in our castle in the clouds, content to forget about the real world for just a few more moments.

“What’s that?” Dante nuzzled my hair, pulling me tighter into his body.

A few tufts of chest hair tickled my back and I sighed at how perfect life was. Here, in a house I could have only dreamed of owning, enclosed in the arms of a man I could have only fantasized about falling in love with, I believed my troubles would never find me. I’d finally let go of my hatred toward my father and mother. I’d stopped focusing on how angry and bitter I was about my past. It didn’t matter anymore. My past led me to this moment. And I had never been happier than when I thought of what my future had in store for me…a future with Dante.

“Our last night in Rome,” I answered softly, my skin tingling as he ran a light finger along the curve of my body. “How we both tried to stay awake so we didn’t waste a second of our time together.” I turned around to stare into his eyes, trying to imprint everything about him to my memory. His strong cheekbones. His distinguished nose. His sexy five o’clock shadow. “How you made love to me as the sun began streaming into the bedroom windows and I couldn’t stop crying at the thought of it being the last time I’d ever feel you.”

He brought me closer, kissing the top of my head. “This isn’t the last time. It’s just three weeks.”

“I’ve gone three weeks without you before.” My throat grew thick at the thought of having to fall asleep without Dante tonight. What if I woke up screaming? Who would be there to calm the terrors that found me in the dark? “It was horrible. Even an hour without you seems like an eternity.”

“I know, amore mio.” He smoothed my hair behind my ear, brushing his lips across mine. “I’ll call you whenever I can.” He pinched my chin, forcing my eyes to his. “But I don’t want you to worry if a few days go by and you don’t hear from me. Some of the places we go are very far off the beaten path and don’t have cell service. We’ll have a satellite phone, but that’s not always reliable, either. I promise to let you know when I’m about to go off the grid, then call you the second I’m back in civilization. Okay?”

I swallowed back my tears. “Okay.”

“Just think of all the fun we can have with Instagram posts again.” His voice turned light, and I laughed at the memory of the months we spent tagging each other in photos. It seemed so long ago, but it was really only a matter of weeks.

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