Chapter 158

CAIUS'S POV

I didn’t stop running until I was far from them. My chest burned, but it wasn’t from the sprint. It was from the look on her face.

Selene.

Her eyes when she saw me, the shock, recognition, pain, it cut deeper than any blade ever could. And Lydia, sweet Lydia, announcing to the world that I was her father.

I pressed my back against the cold stone wall of an abandoned alley, forcing my breath to slow. My hands shook violently. I gripped them into fists.

Why did I run?

Because if I had taken one more step toward her, I would never have left again....