Athena
I sat up as soon as he placed the routine goodnight kiss on my cheeks and laid by my side. I pretended to be asleep all along.
I knew such a flight wasn't one I could carry out in the day, especially when I knew he was still mad at me from the last tour. I slipped silently out of bed.
There was no time for a proper outfit. Dante was a light sleeper except for when he's had a release. The slightest of sounds would wake him up. I wasn't ready for that conversation. It was a few minutes past ten o'clock. I took one last glance at him as I got to the door. It was no time to rethink my choice.
'My mother needed me,' I convinced my mind but the truth was, my heart didn't want to leave that bed behind—the soft sheets and the warm muscular body on it.
I closed my eyes tightly and le
