Only death or repayment can fulfill a bargain. Death or repayment. Death. Fear—true, heart-crushing, sweat-inducing fear—flows through me. She really is leaving me. A chasm inside me opens, and it’s filled with all my pain, all my dread, all the suffering I’ve borne throughout these long centuries. I let out a choked cry and run my hand down the side of Callie’s face,
