Chapter 129
Elijah Vaughn.
I walked briskly through the prison hallways, heart pounding in my chest.
I’d gone looking for Dante because he was taking too long–and, deep down, because I missed him.
I just wanted to see him, smell him, and touch him.
But as I got closer, I overheard his conversation with the warden.
At first, the words didn’t make sense.
It wasn’t until I heard his voice admit–plain and direct–that he had been the one to order my transfer to Inferno Bay that everything stopped.
I didn’t feel anger.
Not toward him.
The truth is, one way or another, I would’ve ended up in prison. Even if it wasn’t here, it would’ve been somewhere else.
The charges my brother and Sabrina had fabricated would’ve eventually landed me behind bars.
But… still, something inside me broke.
Trust.
I reached the yard without even noticing how I got there.
My feet had led me to the bleachers, where I sat down and looked up at the clear sky, watching the clouds drift by slowly.
I let out a long sigh, trying to organize my thoughts.
What do I do now?
I don’t want to distance myself from him.
That’s not even an option.
But on the day we reconciled, I was completely honest with him. I told him I needed insecurity so I wouldn’t make the same mistakes again.
lp to overcome my
I opened up. I exposed myself.
And he… didn’t tell me everything.
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He talked about his past, his childhood, his time in the cartel, and his obsession with me.
But he hid the most important part: the fact that he manipulated my imprisonment to have me near him.
I closed my eyes tightly.
The wind brushed softly against my face, sending a chill through me and a hollow feeling in my chest.
Our relationship can’t survive more lies.
It shouldn’t.
If we truly want a future together, we need to be completely honest with each other.
No half–truths.
No secrets.
I looked back up at the sky.
Dante is the man I love.
The only one who’s ever touched my heart so deeply.
His arms are my refuge, his voice soothes me, and his touch sets me on fire.
I can’t live without him.
But I also can’t pretend nothing happened.
I took a deep breath, trying to control the anxiety..
I stood up from the bleachers with a heavy heart–but a clearer mind.
Enough.
I can’t keep carrying this weight alone.
I need to talk to him.
I can’t stay in a relationship where important things are hidden.
A relationship is about trust, vulnerability, and truth.
Yes, I made mistakes.
I doubted him, let my insecurities take over, and listened to the Predator’s voice.
I regretted it deeply.
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And Dente forgive the.
We got back together.
We came back stranger, more united. Or at least, that’s what I thought.
But now I see that just as I didn’t trust him back then, he didn’t trust me either.
He hid the truth out of fent.
Fear of losing me.
I understand that fear–1 truly do.
Because I felt the same way.
Because I was terrified of losing him when we fought.
Because love hurts.
Love changes you.
Dante… he’s never loved anyone.
He’s always lived surrounded by power, violence, and control.
And suddenly someone like me–a regular guy–invades his world, his life, his heart.
I was the first to reach that part of him.
And that must’ve been terrifying.
I understand his anxiety, his desperation.
Truly, I do.
But even so… I opened up to him.
I showed my feelings, declared my love, and spoke from the heart. And he had the chance to do the same–back then, when we reconciled–but he didn’t.
He chose to keep it inside, fearing how I might react.
That still hurts, but I’m not going to run from this conversation,
Relationships don’t survive on half–truths.
And what I want most with Dante is forever.
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A love that lasts beyond time, like the universe–wait and eternal.
1 don’t want to live behind walls of silence. I want the freedom to say everything, to heat everything–esen of
hurts,
I took a deep breath, feeling the fresh yard air fill my lungs.
A light breeze passed, messing up my hair, almost like it was encouraging me to move forward.
Yes, I needed this.
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