CALLIE
The hours in the castle passed by faster than any other place I had ever been in. As I thought this, I looked at my mate fondly. He was reading the journal with me but somewhere along the pages, I got lost looking at him. Someone once told me that was because we were happy, we were enjoying life. They were right, I was my happiest self by Xander’s side. But that was like a double-sided blade, at least in moments like these when I wished time would just stop so that we could be together a little longer.
“I am surprised to see that I did not know all about my family as I had thought,” Xander said in surprise, without taking his eyes off the yellowing pages.
“Like what?” I asked intently.
Xander shrugged and turned to look at me, “like the fact my great-grandmother had considered e
