#Chapter 106: Don’t Ask Again

Rolling away from me, Caleb wakes up a while later. He stretches as he pulls himself out of bed. Since he’s naked, all of his bare skin is on tantalizing display. As hot as he is, though, right now, I’m not as turned on as I am disheartened. Caleb’s wounds are almost all the way healed, so much so that many of them simply look like red marks that are fading even as I watch them. While I’m happy that he’s healthy again, I’m also filled with trepidation and worry. They’ll be nothing holding us back now. When Tristan comes back to us, we will have to go to the capital. My little slice of heaven here will come to an end. Caleb catches me staring with a melancholic look on his face. “What’s the problem?” he asks. I don’t know how to explain without making him angry. We’re having a good morning, and I don’t want to ruin that. Besides, who knows how long it will be before Tristan returns? Yet I feel the weight of the situation pressing down onto me. If I could stop us from having t