Deep Inside
“What were you before all this?”
Callum was quiet.
She waited.
He finally said, “I was a ghost. Drifting through cities. Jobs. Beds. Sometimes even names.”
She tilted her head to look up at him. “Why?”
His jaw tightened.
“I lost someone. A long time ago. I don’t talk about it, not even now. But... I let it gut me. I kept moving because if I stopped, I’d have to feel it. Face it.”
Nina sat up, one hand still on his chest.