This is a revised and modernized edition of the work originally published as The Claiming of Callan in 2014.
Some loves don’t end… they wait for their second chance.
CALLAN
I gave Logan Black my heart when I was fifteen, and I never really got it back. For five years, he was my everything. My first love. My forever.
So, when his world fell apart, I understood why he left, but it didn’t make the heartbreak any less.
He chose his family, and I stayed behind to finish college and build a life that didn’t feel like mine without him. I didn’t have a choice but to move forward.
In the end, I kept my head down and focused on school, because it was easier than thinking about everything I lost.
A year later, I graduate and take a job that brings me closer to the one place I swore I’d never return to.
I tell myself it’s just work. A fresh start, but the truth is, I never really let him go.
Because the moment I see Logan again, everything inside of me remembers— the ease, the pull, and the danger of loving him.
I should protect my heart this time, but it's already choosing him.
LOGAN
Walking away from Callan Avery is the biggest mistake I’ve ever made.
When my father died, my entire world collapsed. My family needed me, and I convinced myself that leaving her was the only way to protect her. From my grief, my past, and from the man I was becoming.
So, I let her go.
A year later, nothing's changed. She’s in my every waking thought, every memory, and every quiet moment I can’t outrun. I told myself she deserved more than what I am.
I was wrong.
Because when she steps back into my life, everything I tried to bury claws its way to the surface—the need to be near her, to hold her, and to fight for the girl I should've never let go.
Callan has every reason to hate me, but I’m not the kind of man who makes the same mistakes twice.
Genre: New Adult Romance
Some loves don’t end… they wait for their second chance.
CALLAN
I gave Logan Black my heart when I was fifteen, and I never really got it back. For five years, he was my everything. My first love. My forever.
So, when his world fell apart, I understood why he left, but it didn’t make the heartbreak any less.
He chose his family, and I stayed behind to finish college and build a life that didn’t feel like mine without him. I didn’t have a choice but to move forward.
In the end, I kept my head down and focused on school, because it was easier than thinking about everything I lost.
A year later, I graduate and take a job that brings me closer to the one place I swore I’d never return to.
I tell myself it’s just work. A fresh start, but the truth is, I never really let him go.
Because the moment I see Logan again, everything inside of me remembers— the ease, the pull, and the danger of loving him.
I should protect my heart this time, but it's already choosing him.
LOGAN
Walking away from Callan Avery is the biggest mistake I’ve ever made.
When my father died, my entire world collapsed. My family needed me, and I convinced myself that leaving her was the only way to protect her. From my grief, my past, and from the man I was becoming.
So, I let her go.
A year later, nothing's changed. She’s in my every waking thought, every memory, and every quiet moment I can’t outrun. I told myself she deserved more than what I am.
I was wrong.
Because when she steps back into my life, everything I tried to bury claws its way to the surface—the need to be near her, to hold her, and to fight for the girl I should've never let go.
Callan has every reason to hate me, but I’m not the kind of man who makes the same mistakes twice.
Genre: New Adult Romance
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