Chapter 16

[1750 B.C. ]Calisto's POV

Loren moved around inside the carriage, looking much more excited than usual.

"We really are out here!" he said with a huge smile and I couldn't help but laugh.

My sweet son was really surprised. It wasn't really something to be surprised about, after all... Loren had never left that place. He had never set foot outside the walls that protected the capital.

He was not even allowed to go out in the small village.

"Yes...we are" I spoke again extending one of my hands to support him. To make sure he didn't fall off the bench straight to the ground "but try to sit up, son...you might end up hurt."

Like a good child, he just ignored me and continued to kneel on the bench with both hands on the carriage glass.

I knew it was crazy and a part of me seriously wondered what sanity I had left.

Had I really done all that to make sure Asra was okay? Or was the truth that I was jealous?

I huffed.

It couldn't be