Alexander’s POV
For a long time I didn’t move.
I just stood there in the cold, staring at the quiet road as if it could offer me answers, or at least enough distance to make this twisting ache inside my chest hurt less.
My breath came out harsh, sharp enough to sting my throat.
I tried to steady it. Tried to force myself to think rationally.
But nothing felt rational.
Everything was Sonia.
Her voice.
Her expression when she said his name.
The way I felt like the floor cracked under me.
I dragged a hand down my face, exhaling hard.
Then…
a soft sound.
Barely a shift of air.
A presence.
I turned.
Slowly.
Carefully.
Because some part of me already knew.
And when my eyes lifted…
She was there.
Sonia.
Standing at the doorway, wrapped in the warm light from the hallway behi
