*Caterina*

‘What did he just say?’ I asked myself. ‘Love?’

My heart slammed widely inside my chest as though it were fighting to break out.

But my mind needed to back up for a moment.

I know that I was tired. The events of this entire day were enough to send any normal person into a complete tailspin. I should have been asleep hours ago. I should have tried shutting my eyes the moment my mom left my room. Lord knows that I was tired ...