Until we meet again

"𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍"

She can't remember what happened after her mother was taken-but someone else does.

After ten years in the hospital with a failing heart and a missing mother, Aaven is finally free. But nothing feels normal... especially not her new neighbor, Dante-the boy who watches her too closely, knows too much, and kisses her like he's been waiting years.

They clash. They burn. Aaven has to decide if she can trust the boy who might be the only one who can help her uncover the truth-or the one still hiding it.

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Dante's POV
I exhaled sharply. "You walk into people's lives and make them care, and then you act like you're untouchable. Like you don't matter. But you do."
Her jaw clenched. "Why do you care so much?"
That question shouldn't have stung as much as it did.
"Because I know what it's like to lose you," I said before I could stop myself.
She stared at me like I'd slapped her. "What is that supposed to mean?"
I didn't answer. I couldn't.
Her chest rose and fell fast. "You're infuriating."
"So are you."
"I hate how you make everything more complicated."
"Then stop looking at me like that."
"Like what?" she snapped.
"Like you want me to kiss you."
I didn't even realize I'd stepped closer until her breath hitched.
And then it happened.
The space between us shattered. Her hands fisted in my shirt as I crushed my mouth to hers. It wasn't gentle-it was chaos. Teeth. Tongues. Frustration. Fire. Everything we couldn't say, all at once. I'd waited too long, held too much back, and now there was no undoing it.
She pulled away first, gasping, her lips swollen, eyes wide.
I stared at her, my heart thundering against my ribs.
And then I said it-soft, broken, the one truth I'd been choking on for years.
"I wish you'd remember