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He went straight to Isobel. She came out, alarmed. "Dante, what happened—"

"Don't." His voice was a scalpel. "Just answer one question. That night, was it really you who saved me?"

She paled, panic flickering through her eyes before she caught it.

"Of course it was me. You opened your eyes and I was there. You remember."

He stared at her. The warmth left his eyes completely.

He wasn't going to take her word for anything ever again.