Luca's POV

My eyes opened to her face before drifting up to the dank walls and the beeping medical machines around.

“Luca,” she gasped, her eyes popped like she was seeing a ghost. I would have thought we had both ended up in the afterlife if I hadn't glimpsed the hospital room, or the heavy smell of antiseptic and disinfectant wasn't clogging my throat.

She cupped my face, moving up to sit just beside me on the bed. Her touch was feather soft against my chest, so comfortable I could rub ...