Chapter 616: The Price of Being Seen
Sophia did not remember the last time she had felt that light.
It lingered even after she left the garden that day, tucked somewhere quiet inside her chest, fragile and glowing in a way she did not have words for.
She had laughed freely. The boy had told her jokes that made her laugh. They had run through the garden together, and she had fallen down numerous times, but that didn't stop the joy she felt. That didn't stop the happiness she was currently basking in.
And he had told her he would be her friend forever, her best friend. The only real friend she had was her wolf, and now she had another.
And he wasn't going to be just her friend for the day, but forever.
Sophia sat on the edge of her bed that night, her fingers curled lightly into the fabric of her dress as she stared at nothing in particular.
She would see him again.
In two days.
That was what he had said.
That was what she had agreed to.
