Callan POV
I could feel the pit in my stomach grow heavy as I watched Ayla walk into the bar, it was getting harder to leave her. Each time I had to say goodbye to her, she took a piece of my heart with her. It took all of my strength to drive away, and the drive back home seemed to be the longest journey I had ever taken. I had a deep longing for Ayla and knew now that there was no going back, not for me, she was my everything now. I just hoped she could accept me once she found out who I really was.
“Where’s Ayla?” Eric asked as I walked through the door alone.
“She agreed to help out that friend of hers. What time do we have to meet Minister Robert?”
“He’s coming here in an hour,” Micha announced as he looked at his watch.
He held a beer out to me as he walked past, but I held my
