KIRA'S POV

Dante finished his breakfast quickly and left, giving me a kiss on the forehead as he did so.

"See you later, love."

I pouted up at him, and spoke through our mindlink. "Do you have to go?"

"You'll have to have a conversation with both of them sooner or later," he said gently. "Stop trying to put it off."

"But it's going to be weird and awkward," I whined.

Dante chuckled. "I'm counting on it. Tell me all about it later."

The room was silent for a long moment after that, before ...