The Rejected True Heiress (Liora and Callum) novel Chapter 471

Callum’s POV

My wolf snarled. He was furious, desperately trying to pull me back toward Liora. Every step I took away from Liora felt wrong. Unnatural. Like I was ripping myself in half and leaving the better piece behind. Maybe I was.

“Go back.”

The command pulsed through me, so strong that my legs actually slowed. I could feel my wolf pushing against my control, trying to force me to turn around. To run back to her. To take it all back.

“Mark her. She’s ours. Go back.”

My footsteps stopped entirely. I stood there for a moment, listening to the sound of her voice calling my name in the distance. The sound of it made my chest ache in a way I had never felt before, not even when my parents disowned me. That had hurt, sure, but this was different. This was far worse.

Because at least with my parents, the decision had been made for me long before it ever actually happened. Our relationship had always been a ticking time bomb from the moment I was born. I had expected it to end at some point.

But this… I hadn’t expected this. I hadn’t had the time to prepare myself for it. And when Liora looked at me and suggested that we hide our relationship like it was some kind of shame, I just… snapped. I chose to walk away that time.

“It was the wrong decision,” my wolf howled.

What if he was right? For a moment, I almost gave in. I almost let him take control and drag us both back to her. Because the truth was, I didn’t want this. I didn’t want to walk away. I didn’t want us to be over.

I loved her.

I loved her so much it felt like drowning sometimes, like I couldn’t breathe without her nearby. And the thought of losing her, of never holding her again or hearing her laugh or watching her face light up when I walked into the room—

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