"Can you take me to the garden?" Lucy asked almost pleasingly after they had stood in silence for half a minute. Dante glanced out of the window in consideration. It would rain later that night but the cloud cover had only just started to form. As long as the moonlight was still shining down on the kingdom, it would be fine for her to go outside for a few minutes.
"Only for ten minutes," he said to watch the smile return to her face. She walked closer to him and took ahold of his hand, noticing for the first time that night that he had a sword strapped to his side. He was meant to protect her and the others, so it was not unusual that he would always be armed.
Dante felt her warm hand against his and was tempted to let her hold on to it for a while longer, but he decided that he would ra
