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now , and you can take it all in.”
    H is hazel eyes glowed with warmth. These were eyes that I’d come to adore and the man I needed to make things right with.
    “I’m sorry.” Once again, I was crying, but these tears were for a different reason.
    “I know.” He drew my hand up and kissed my knuckles. “Let me distract you for a while, okay?”
    I nodded and allowed him to lead the way.
    My bedroom door opened and I hesitated as Callon stepped out into the hall. I looked back. This was my safe place. I couldn’t leave.
    “It’s going to be okay.” He tugged on my hand.
    I lowered my head and stepped into the unknown.
    The shadows seemed to follow me as we headed down the long hall. My feet padded quietly over the carpet , and we headed down the cascading stairs. I couldn’t bring myself to look up, not yet. My heart began to race as Callon took me through another larger living space. The gloom from the darkened room seemed to close in around me.
    Light , I needed light!
    “Here,” Callon said as he opened a door and led me out onto a terrace.
    I inhaled, not realizing I’d been holding my breath.
    “Let’s just sit in the sunshine for awhile first, okay?” His fingers squeezed mine , and I nodded.
    He took us to a double chaise and we sat, looking out into the lush forest surrounding us. A lake lay in the distance, dark and mysterious.
    My mind wandered to the light of the candle. It was the light that brought me out, as well as the memory of Colt and my realization that I’d pressed Callon’s hand to my chest. He’d been staring into my eyes, and I’d finally seen him. He’d brought me back.
    “Callon, I need to tell you something…” I had to let him know about this feeling, this unknown darkness before it got out of control.
    “You haven’t been well, Cheyenne.”
    “It’s more than that, it’s…”
    “You feel something different.”
    I inhaled a shaky breath . He knew.
    “I didn’t know how to handle it . I didn’t know what to do except hide.” I pushed my shaking hand to my forehead. “I—I didn’t try to kill myself with the medicine, either.”
    “ Oblivion was your only safe place,” he said, expressing my thoughts for me.
    I nodded, lowering my head in shame. “Colt was my light, and with him gone , I didn’t know where to turn.” I swallowed. “I didn’t know how to tell you. It was like the words wouldn’t form on my lips to speak. I’m sorry.”
    He drew me closer, his arms coming around me. “I’m going to help you . We’re going to help you.”
    “I’m scared, Callon,” I whispered. “I’m scared of falling back.”
    “Then let me help you.” He rubbed my back tenderly.
    “I need you . I don’t want to go back there. I’m so sorry for all that I’ve put you through. You deserve so much more.”
    His fingers brushed the hair from my eyes.
    “I’m the one to blame here,” he said. “I contributed to your sorrow, and put you through so much. I’m the one who doesn’t deserve you. Let me be your light, Cheyenne. Let me be your strength. Let me love you the way you were meant to be loved.”
    “I don’t know if I have anything left.”
    Callon rested his hand on my chest, and my heartbeat quickened.
    “It’s right here,” he said. “Not gone, only hidden. You’ve been through so much. Of course you’d try and protect yourself.”
    “We have to find the rest of me before it’s swallowed up by the ...” I couldn’t even say the words, as if that would confirm it.
    “Then let’s search together.”
    He leaned closer and placed a tender kiss on my forehead. I snuggled in close as we quietly took in the moment. Callon would help me. He wouldn’t allow me to lose to the gloom and despair, but I needed more. My eyes drifted to his right hand, where he wore his Consilador ring. His clan ring that bound us together.
    I couldn’t stop myself as I reached for it. I just needed that deeper connection, that tingling sensation running under my