Selene’s POV
Dawn crept in slowly, pale and unsure, filtering through the canopy in thin ribbons of silver-gold light. With it came my reality, a reality that I wasn’t really ready to face but I knew that I would have to face it one way or the other. I wasn’t ready to face that reality yet but it was either that or I would have to live the rest of my life in fear and running. The decision to leave Dante had already been made, the real challenge now was sticking to it and not wavering.
I hadn’t slept. Not really. I had rested against the trunk of an ancient oak while the forest breathed around us, but my mind never quieted long enough to fall fully under. Every time my eyes fluttered shut, Dante’s voice followed me there sharp, accusing, cold in the way only he could be when pride outweig
