CHAPTER 44

Antonio Dante's pov,

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO,

My head wouldn't stop spinning. My voice seemed to rise octaves high as I watched those lifeless eyes stare back at me. I didn't know how or when I stumbled and fell on one of the bodies.

Darkness consumed me thereafter.

“Antonio! Antonio!”

My mother's sounds became distant and faded. And I was moving further away from her into the black world.

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“Is he awake?”

“Give me a few minutes.”

“Calm down.”

I heard voices but I couldn't decipher who it belonged to. There was a slight ringing in my ear. My eyes were blurry and as much as I tried to open them to see clearly, they wouldn't.

So I decided to use my voice instead.

I made a slight hum and hoped it was loud enough.

It was.

Two faces sprang up from opposite sides of me.

“Oh gracious, he's awake!"

“He's awake!”

One blonde on my right. The other brunette on my left.

I instantly recognized them.

The brown and blue eyes were starting to come into focus.

I moved on the bed, trying to adjust m