HE was gone from her side before she could even open her eyes. When she searched for him, he was near one of the shelves and scanning the titles for something to read. She sighed and wondered how fast he was able to move away from her. She must have been wrong again. She thought she heard him say, soon my queen. Sophia wanted to ask what he meant but she recalled that she had also been mistaken a while ago. She kept on thinking about the man in her dreams who always calls her his queen.
She must be going crazy. She was unconsciously trying to insinuate that the man in her dreams and Simon were one and the same. From where she got that notion, she was not sure. Perhaps it was her instinct or maybe she was just getting crazier as she grew older.
Sophia walked towards one of the shelves a
