"...Are you sure?"
Dante's question took her by surprise. Was he hesitating now? Or maybe he thought she should? Eden took a deep breath. She knew the anger would come to pass, but not that rock in her stomach. Nor the pain she had gone through, or the legs she loathed twice as much now. For the first time perhaps, she was deeply glad she had met Dante De Luca. Whatever had put him in her pathpath, it felt like fate. He probably didn't hate The Core as much as she did, but he was powerful, rich, and insane enough that he'd be willing to go against the strongest power standing. With a bitter smile, Eden thought the last few days had been life-defining for her. Looking back, things could have ended sooner for her, she could have ended up much, much worse. She could have died in Jack's bar t
