Chapter 30 - Caleb

I’m sitting in my truck in the parking lot of the counseling center staring at my phone. I’m the first one here, like always. I wish they would just give me a key. I mean, it’s not like I’m an intern anymore.

Granted, I’ve only had the job for a few weeks, but they know that I’m good for it. I interned here throughout my schooling and volunteered here for years before that.

But Luca, my boss, says that I’m too young to make my job my entire life. “Go have fun. Work on finding your mate. Fucking sleep in once in a while. The work will always be here, but your health and your youth won’t.”

I mean, he’s right. I know it.

But the problem is this damn phone. It keeps me awake all day and all night with it’s loud and unbroken silence.

No phone calls. No texts. No DMs. Not even a fucking carrier pigeon.

Fati has sent me nothing.

I don’t know how she’s doing. I don’t know if she’s safe or how school is going or if she’s found her mate. I don’t know if she misses me.

Not