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.

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