Calliope POV
We didn’t have to go back to that wretched place? I was overjoyed that I wouldn’t have to face Aran again, it was one of the things I had feared the most. I knew I would be returning mated, but something in the way he spoke to me that night told me he wouldn’t give me up that easily.
His ambition was to become the next alpha and for that, he needed me. I knew he would take extreme lengths to claim me, even possibly by killing my destined mate. But now, I could finally lay the situation to rest, I didn’t have to worry anymore, because we had a new home.
The s****l tension in the air was suffocating, as we followed Terry’s red car down the darkened country lanes for about ten minutes, before he turned off towards the direction of his home. Our car travelled a little longer do
