Chapter 555

• There was bitterness and pain in Callain's final words that shocked Caleb and he ran his hands through his hair as he digested the vampire King's words. Callain was right. Caleb had spoken to Anakatrine as well as Annie, but he'd never allowed his alter ego to come out in all that time. Anakatrine and Callain were present in this timeline but kept completely apart!
• Caleb groaned, holding his head in his hands. He would go mad if someone kept him apart from his mate, if he couldn't speak to his Annie, touch her and hold her for a quarter of a century. He had done this to Callain and Anakatrine, and just the thought of what that must have been like for them made him groan again. It didn't help that he hadn't been aware of what he was doing. The fact that he'd done so was enough to fill him with self-loathing. What the fuck was he doing?
• It was all too much; he needed some space and time to think everything through. He'd reached the limit of what he could endure while talking to the vampire King. "Callain, I need to be me for a while. I need to think."