Dominic
When Eloise walks through the door she looks devastated, though to her credit she tries to hide it—albeit poorly. Immediately I am enraged, certain that Dante has done something to provoke this. I walk up to her when she takes her shoes off. She envelopes me in a hug which is unusual, arms wrapped around my abdomen, head on my chest. Stillness. She says nothing, leaving me guessing. I wrap my arms around her shoulders protectively.
"What happened?" I ask.
"Can we sit down?"
I take her hand, leading her to the couch in the social room. The lights are on but I dim them so Eloise doesn't feel like she's being interrogated. I sit first so she can decide how close she would like to be to me. When she sits next to me, pressing her thigh against mine, I am surprised. She doesn't reach
