Chapter 5

When I woke again, I found myself in our familiar bedroom.

Caleb was gently applying medicine to my wounds, a tenderness in his eyes he himself hadn't noticed.

He didn't realize I was awake. After finishing the dressing and bandaging, he left the room.

The door didn't close tightly. Through the crack, I heard him on the phone with Serena Thorne.

"Caleb, I have a new idea. Lots of people are into wilderness survival lately. I just found a remote mountain. How about you trick Layla into going there and abandon her for a couple of days?"

"Just imagining her…