Chapter 104

[1750 A.C.]Calisto's POV

My eyes were heavy, but I refused to sleep. I refused because I didn’t want to see her again.

I didn’t want to risk crying in front of Loren again.

"You look tired, Dad..." he said as he touched my face and I smiled.

At least for him, my smile was not forced.

"I’ve worked a lot lately" I said and that wasn’t entirely a lie.

"I know," he said leaning his head against my shoulder "but now we’re almost home, right? Then you won’t have so much trouble...

I let out a snitch laugh.

I wanted those sweet words to be true - but unlike what Loren said, I had A LOT of work delayed thanks to the time I spent in Lucifer’s territory.

Everything would be much faster if it were not our coming and going using a method as outdated as carriages, but what could we do? I would not leave my son for so long alone and using teleport or magical means for transportation could lead to trouble for Loren.

Anything that could ca