Lila’s POV
Joan found the hidden release and the bookshelf swung open, revealing a dark passage. She pulled me in and I went although every instinct in me screamed for me to stay and fight beside Dante.
“I’ll hold them,” Dante said, and I heard the strain in his voice as his power continued to press against the invaders. “But Lila, you need to run. Please run and don’t look back. Please get to safety. That’s all that matters now.”
“Dante….” I started, but Joan yanked me into the passage.
The last thing I saw before the bookshelf swung shut behind us was Dante facing down the Council and government agents alone, his power blazing around him like a silver-blue inferno, his eyes locked on mine with an intensity that felt like this was not goodbye.
It was just until next time.
Then the
