Chapter eight

Caleb's POV

One year later…..

My boots shuffled amidst the dirt as I heaved my exhausted body down the hill.

I was coming back from another failed journey like the rest I'd gone on earlier.

Only this one raised my hopes so high because I thought I was finally close to having Katherine in my arms once again.

But it was a dead end.

I was getting increasingly weary of each failed lead I stumbled on and my hopes plummeted even further at every turn.

I was so confused and tired.

All I wanted was a long, hot soak in the bathtub with music belting out in the background while someone- preferably a lady or Katherine- a naked one at that massaged my shoulders thoroughly.

But all of those wild fantasies were just that…. fantasy.

With myself for the company throughout the past year, I had a lot of things to indulge in silly daydreaming.

With every month that passed, I began to regret my decision of rejecting Derik's offer to tag along since I would have appreciated the help. I was also getting in