SOPHIA’S POV
After dinner ended, the night air felt colder than before.
I shivered as I stepped outside the restaurant. The laughter and noise behind us faded slowly. The only sounds I could hear were the footsteps on the pavement. I looked up at the streetlights on along the path.
My wolf stirred gently inside me. She was alert but calm. It was as if she sensed that for once, there was no immediate threat.
Nick walked beside me with his hands in his pockets. He looked relaxed as usual. It was easy to be around him.
His aura was easy.
“So,” he said lightly, glancing at me with a grin, “on a scale of one to ten, how awkward was tonight for you?”
I laughed before I could stop myself. He had no idea. Nobody knew who Damien was to me yet it seemed like everyone noticed t
