Chapter 44

LUCIANO’S POV

I was running as fast as my legs could carry me but it felt like I wasn’t moving. I had never wished I could fly until right at that moment.

I could smell the smoke, I could hear the satiated roar of the fire as it ate through the building, I could see the flame attempt to kiss the sky, but I couldn’t seem to get there fast enough.

“Luciano!” Dave called my name. Bringing me back to the present. “Don’t go there, don’t do that to yourself.”

He was right. There was no point reliving that night. I shook myself trying to shake the memory away.

“Look, Luciano, I have no idea why you would feel like you were betraying her. Maybe because I have never had a mate, but I did know Sam, and I know she wanted you to be happy. I’m sure that hasn’t changed.”

“Samantha. You know I avoid saying her name a lot. It hurts to know she is not around to answer.”

“I know. I lost her too, you know. Not like you, but she was my friend too, for just as long as you.”

He was right. She was my