Fifty-Eight

Athena

Cameron had no idea what I was planning. I could tell he was doing everything in his power to make our relationship work and keep me happy, but this wasn’t about me.

It was about him.

I needed him to be alive and safe, and I was about to make the toughest decision in my life.

To leave him.

It's not like I had superpowers to get over him so quickly; hell, I had no idea what I was doing, but it needed to be done.

Dad and I had been talking about transferring schools somewhere far away from this continent. I didn’t care about starting over; I was only in my first year.

Whenever Cameron wasn’t around, I would use the laptop to research supernatural schools. There had to be somewhere I could go—someplace where I could escape, find a solution, and maybe one day return. But for now, I had to leave.

Trying to convince him to break our bond would be useless, like talking to a wall. Cameron was stubborn as a mule, and he would never do it. So, I had to decide for both of us. Even wi