Amelia’s POV
No, no, no.
Really? Why?
The words didn’t just hit me, they dragged right through me.
I stood there, staring at Sophie, but it felt like I wasn’t even inside my body any longer.
Like I had been pushed out of myself and forced to watch from somewhere far away as everything I thought I had, everything I believed in cracked open right in front of me.
My chest tightened as sweat slowly flowed down my legs. I could feel my hands shaking, but had no power to stop them.
This wasn’t the sharp kind of pain. No. It was worse.
It was slow, heavy, pressing down on me and everything that held me up.
Like something was eating me from the inside, squeezing, crushing, refusing to let me breathe properly.
Sophie. Of all people.
My lips parted slightly, but no words came out. I didn
