Erick
“Come here, and we’ll talk. I’ll give you a piece of my mind.”
Her voice had been steady, but beneath that steadiness I’d heard something sharp. Not indifference. Not dismissal. No, It was fire restrained, a storm caged.
Sophia wanted to face me.
And for the first time in weeks, she had not hidden behind silence. She had asked no, commanded me to come.
I would not delay.
The moment I stepped back into my study, I began sorting through the mountain of parchments and reports that had been left pending.
War logs, trade decrees, regional disputes matters that usually consumed my days and nights.
Tonight, I gave them no room to drag me under. My mind was fixed on one thing only: returning to her.
I moved with purpose, pen scratching across paper as I signed approvals, stamped s
