Chapter 123

Callista felt a surge of panic and quickly took a step back, deliberately avoiding his hand.

Alaric's hand froze in midair for a second, then he quietly retracted it, all composure.

"Let's go," he said.

Callista couldn't bring herself to look into Alaric's eyes—what he'd just done was just way too suggestive.

She kept her head lowered, quietly walking ahead, her ears burning red-hot. The place on