Callista didn't know if it was the exhaustion or the fact that her whole body was still humming from his kiss, but the more she looked at him, the more she wondered what was worse—being hunted by an invisible enemy, or falling for a man whose life was already so deeply complicated.

Her chest tightened.

But he was right. It was her best option. And the idea of leaving him, leaving this place... She didn't want to do it.

The words spilled out before she could stop them.

"Okay," she breathed. ...