Chapter 137: *** Desires…***
"Why did you leave me?" Eira's voice was quiet.
Her blue eyes locked on Callian's, searching for answers, for truths he wasn't ready to share.
Callian tensed, turning away from her.
The firelight flickered over his sharp features, his jaw tight as he struggled to form a response.
He couldn't tell her the real reason—not yet.
Not when her life was still in danger.
"I was confused," he finally said. "I didn't know how to handle it—all of it. You, the baby… I was scared, Eira."
Eira blinked at him, stunned.
For a moment, she thought she was talking to a different person. Callian—scared?
The man who faced danger with a smirk and a strong hand, claiming fear now?
She knew him too well, and the lie in his voice only made her stomach turn upside down.
"You were scared?" she repeated, not believing him. "You, Callian, the fearless one?"
