Chapter 310 Chapter 309: A Confession No One Asked For The moment the door clicked shut behind the others, silence folded itself into the room like an unexpected guest. Sophia blinked after Laia, Joren, Nia, Cat, and Dren as theyleft. She fully expected Micah to follow them. He didn’t. He
Chapter 309 Chapter 308: The Council of Uninvited Matchmakers and The Supposed Wedding Daniel’s hand was heavy on Orion’s shoulder, Caspian’s grip firm on the other side as the two old men marched him across the pack like he was some troublesome recruit being hauled to discipline. Orion didn’t fight
Chapter 308 Chapter 307: The Path Back to Her Orion knew, from the moment Sophia’s friends stormed into the medical facility—anxious, excited, buzzing with an energy that made even the older ones look Joren’s age—that they’d stay a long while. He let them. They needed the time. And when they
Chapter 307 Chapter 306: Broken Fingers and Loyal Wolves “More like will they be able to cope with us?” Cat asked, making the others laugh. “True,” Dren chimed in. “Anyone who even tries to mutter something remotely akin to the fact that Holly is better— which, can we all be
Chapter 306 Chapter 305: Gossip, Tests, and Quiet Worries Sophia turned to Joren with wide eyes. “It was a secret p> Joren shrugged. “Then it was a badly kept secret. I suspected from the beginning but I wasn’t sure. And besides, if you guys were keeping it a secret, then
Chapter 305 Chapter 304: The Holly Incident & Orion’s Reputation “This has to be the juiciest and most interesting gossip I’ve ever heard,” Micah said. Sophia nodded. “And me being me,” Nia told them, “I told her to chill because I hadn’t even come close to her. And then she
Chapter 304 Chapter 303: Every Gossip While She Was Sick Sophia stared in shock. “Every gossip?” she asked Nia with a frown on her face. “Yes,” Nia told her. “Every gossip you missed for the past week p> “And let me tell you, there are some very interesting things in
Chapter 303 Chapter 302: A Friendly Visit “You can, but that would just mean you are lying,” Nia muttered dryly. Orion released a sigh. “You know there’s a door, right? Why didn’t you guys knock?” he asked. “That’s because Joren was too excited to do so. After hearing that Sophia
Chapter 302 Chapter 301: The Sane Talk Sophia scowled at him even though her lips twitched. “Are you trying to say that I’m also not sane p> “I only asked if I looked sane to you,” Orion told her, making her laugh. “You know what?” he asked suddenly. “What p>
Chapter 301 Chapter 300: The Same Thing I Told Orion “I’ll tell you the same thing I told Orion,” Sophia said to Brynhild. “I’m not going to let people fight my battles for me. I’ll fight, Brynhild. I’m not the six-year-old that let her mother abuse her, thinking it was
Chapter 300 Chapter 299: The Weight of Other People’s Voices “There are mixed reactions,” Brynhild said, voice low and careful. “Some people are delighted. Some people are…not so pleased p> Sophia sat back on the chair, the bandages over her arms and the dull ache of the wounds reminding her
Chapter 299 Chapter 298: What Matters Most Sophia paused at the door, hand on the frame, her body still half turned toward the corridor. Brynhild’s voice—gentle but carrying that steady quiet strength she always had—was enough to tug her fully back into the room. Sophia blinked. “Is… is there any
Chapter 298 Chapter 297: Gentle Claims Orion sat on a chair, one knee up, cradling Raina against his chest with a tenderness that had nothing to do with his usual hardness. The girl was a warm little thing, cheeks flushed, lashes dusted with sleep. Even as Sophia moved closer, she
Chapter 297 Chapter 296: The Small Warmth of New Things The herbs were bitter—so bitter Sophia had to close her eyes and force them down. She was grateful Orion wasn’t here or else he would have made a comment about how she couldn’t take something bitter. The nurse had put
Chapter 296 Chapter 295: Quiet Promises “I’ll fight,” she said to him. “I’m willing to do so, and you know me — I’m not going to let anyone fight my battles for me and do nothing p> “I knew you were going to say that,” Orion murmured. If there was
Chapter 295 Chapter 294: The Edges of Truth Orion swallowed again. It was ridiculous, really. The man had fought creatures twice his size and barked orders at warriors who trembled at the sound of his voice—yet here he was, unable to look Sophia directly in the eye. Sophia watched him
Chapter 294 Chapter 293: A Truth on the Edge of His Tongue Marta’s chuckle was the first to slip. It burst out of her like she’d been holding it hostage for too long, a bright, musical sound that immediately made Sophia want to hide under the blankets. Madam Tyler wasn’t
Chapter 293 Chapter 292: The Cost of Waking Orion stared at Sophia as if she had just smacked him with one of those extremely heavy books they normally found in the library. Offended didn’t even begin to cover what he felt from her words. His eyebrows flew up, his mouth
Chapter 292 Chapter 291: Questions That Bleed “Can you even hear yourself?” Orion asked. His voice wasn’t loud—just tight. Stretched thin. Like someone pulling a thread to the point it was ready to snap. Sophia blinked slowly and lifted her gaze to his. “I can hear myself loud and clear,”
Chapter 291 Chapter 290: The Line She Drew For a moment, the room was painfully still. Orion’s words hung in the air between all of them. Sophia stared at him, stunned, her heartbeat thudding in her ears. The idea that her mother could be involved in black magic was so