Chapter • 104

♱ •⋅ 1750 A.C. ⋅• ♱ •⋅ Calisto ⋅• ♱

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Everything would be much faster if it were not our coming and going using a method as outdated as carriages, but what could we do?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 cause oscillation in his power - it was strictly forb