Chapter 59

Vivian’s POV

“I’m so glad you’re here with me.”

Caleb was practically skipping, making me sick to my stomach. I forced a smile. “I’m glad to be here.”

He stopped walking and looked at me seriously. “Do you mean that?”

“Of course I do. I told you before. I was playing the part back there. We’re mates, Caleb. I’d always choose you over them.”

He grinned at me. “I knew it.”

He fist pumped the air. I caught myself almost physically cringing. Had he always been this obnoxious? Knowing what I knew now had all but withered the mate bond, I learned to be a hoax. I felt nothing. “So, tell me more about what you and Sarah talked about.”

Caleb narrowed his eyes. “Her name is Sam now. She said Sarah is what she used to go by.”

“Sam. I’m sorry. What did you and Sam talk about?”

He grabbed a stick and started flicking it around in the air. “She told me that if I brought your parents to you, you’d see me as a champion. And you’d fall in