Callan’s POV

A WEEK AGO…

I never wanted to believe it. Not for a second. The text from Kairo blinked on my screen like a nightmare that refused to fade when I woke up. At first, I thought it was some cruel joke. Kairo’s sense of humor was twisted, sure, but this was a dagger to the heart, a poison that would damage my veins and make the world tilt beneath me.

‘You’re not who you think you are.’

Those words haunted me.

It took me hours to even reply. My fingers hovered over the keyboard like I was about to confess some terrible crime. The message came again, brutal:...