CALLIE
I felt Xander’s presence barreling in my mind a couple of hours after I had gone to bed. I had made sure to tell him I was going to go to bed so that meant something must be happening if he woke me up with a startle.
“Xander? What’s wrong?” Even in my mind, I sounded sleepy. I opened my eyes slightly and tried to rub the sleep away. After a couple of seconds, I reached for the lamp on the nightstand and turned it on. The room illuminated dimly, and I sat up and rested my back on the wall.
Xander still hadn’t said anything, but I could still feel his worry miles away. “Xander, what’s happening?” I asked when ten minutes had passed without a response. It wasn’t possible he had woken me up if it weren’t important, you couldn’t make a mistake like that.
Finally, I felt his presenc
