I tried to wriggle myself upright, but a hiss of pain escaped me the moment I moved. Dante and Ryder woke instantly, the two of them pushing themselves up so that they could look at me. “Stai bene, amore mio?” Dante asked, throwing an orb of light up into the air so that he could look at me. “Stay still, I’ve got you,” Ryder demanded, his pinched brow telling me that he could feel my pain.

