Chapter 21

I Kat have no idea how long I’ve been lying on this bed. It could be hours, it could be minutes. Time seems to have taken on a whole new meaning. It does when you have nothing to tell the time by. It’s still dark outside, but I don’t even know if it’s tomorrow yet or still today. The sound of the door being unlocked makes me bolt upright. My heart rate kicks up a gear, and I swallow as I wait for someone to walk inside. I don’t know whether to be relieved or terrified when I see Dante walking into the room. He closes the door behind him, and I jump up from the bed, running to him. When did I become so pathetic? “Dante, I —” He doesn’t let me utter another word before his huge, powerful hand is wrapped around my throat, and he slams me against the wall. He presses his face close to mine. His anger from earlier hasn’t dissipated at all. In fact, it seems even fiercer than before. “Don’t,” he hisses, his hot breath dusting over my cheek as he squeezes my throat tighter until I’m strugglin