*Sonia
"Call me Deryk" his voice caressed my hearing. I could feel his body heat as he drew closer to me.
How dare a nobody like me address the king by his name? I will never.
My heart threatening to explode, I flinched softly and held my breath, our eyes locking.
Surprisingly, A heavy weight lifted off my chest after I revealed my deepest secret. Something I had vowed never to tell anyone.
It's funny how it feels like I have repayed all his kindness by spilling something this huge about myself before him.
Something tells me we are even now. And the guilt that choked me ever since, dissipated like thin ice.
And something deep inside wanted me to trust his judgement. I felt a deep seated safety from him.
It was automatic, like I have known him all my life.
Without warning, his lip
