"I'd better get back before I'm missed," he said with a resigned sigh, standing and drawing Mila up with him. "I've heard some news. The Council have sent their investigators and they've arrived already. I need to be close to Louis to try to steer him in the right direction when he learns of this."
"I'll let you know what, if anything, I find out," she answered, leaning against him as he wrapped her in his arms. "Be safe, dear Dante."
"I promise," he whispered into her hair. "No foolhardiness...remember."
"Be gone with you," Mila laughed, shaking her head at his protectiveness, though her tone was warm with affection.
Dante memorised that image of her standing there, before he turned and made his way out of the cave. Things were about to get busy and that image would have to last him f
