Erick
The moment the door opened, my world froze.
Sophia.
For a split second, I forgot how to breathe. She stood there, framed in the doorway like a memory came to life.
The soft afternoon light spilled behind her, brushing her hair in gold and shadow. My chest tightened painfully, and for the first time in years, I felt my knees threaten to give out beneath me.
She looked just as I remembered and yet, different.
Her face carried the grace I’d always known, but there was also an aura of quiet strength, and behind her eyes, a haunting sadness seemed to be hiding there...
I couldn’t move. Couldn’t speak.
My wolf whimpered deep within me, his grief and longing mirroring my own. Every fiber of my being screamed to go to her, to pull her close, to make sure this wasn’t another cruel
