Chapter 34

“Caleb, please…” He darted in front of me when I headed for my pack again. “Why won’t you tell me what you have in mind? This is my future, too. I thought you cared about what happened to it.”

Low blow. We both knew it. Trouble was, it hit exactly as he intended.

“You have to trust me,” I said.

“I do. Why don’t you trust me?”

Ouch. Another one. He was very good at finding my chinks.

“Because I don’t think you’ll like what I’m about to do.”

His eyes widened. “That’s even more reason for me to worry. The last time you told me to trust you like this, I ended up losing you for centuries. I won’t let that happen again. I don’t care how stubborn you are about it.”

Guilt sliced through me, enough for me to hesitate. Leandro saw it and stepped forward, pressing to my front and wrapping his strong arms around my waist.

“Tell me,” he whispered. “After everything…I have a right to know.”

My walls crumbled. “Promise me you won’t stop me.”