NovelGoldChapter 305
Sadie's POV
The forest is quiet in the early morning, hushed and still as though the world itself hasn't woken yet. Mist lingers
low between the trees, curling like silver smoke, and the damp earth softens each step | take.
| didn't mean to end up here. I'd woken up to find the space besideempty, Alec already gone. For a moment,
I'd simply lain there, staring at the imprint he'd left in the sheets, his warmth fading against my skin. And for a
second, | almost thought of going to his bedroom, but | put a stop to those thoughts immediately.
Aspen was still fast asleep, peaceful as ever, and | knew there was no chance offalling back under. My mind
was too full, too wracked as my thoughts spun out of control.
It's like no matter what I did, | couldn't catch a break. Every t| thought that finally things had settled,
something happened to pull the rug from underneath my feet.
So | slipped outside, hoping the forest would clear my head. Hoping the cold and being in nature would bring
sform of peace to my soul.
But if anything, the stillness makes the memories louder.
Last night replays in my mind again and again. The way Alec cto me, choosingover Piper. | hadn't
expected that. Honestly, I'd braced myself to watch him stand by his sister's side, to remind myself she would
always cfirst. But then he had crossed the room, wrapped his arms around me, and heldlike | was the
one who mattered most.
My chest tightens at the memory.
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And then there was Knox. His presence, his warmth, brushing againstthrough Alec's embrace. I'd always
thought of Knox as something separate, something wild and distant. But last night, he'd felt... safe. His growl!
hadn't been threatening; it had been protective. His steady rumble had wrapped aroundjust as much as
Alec's arms had, urgingto relax and to trust.
I had.
That still surprisesmore than anything. How easily I'd melted against them, how the fear in my chest had
given way to peace. For once, | hadn't fought it.
As much as | want to deny it, | can't. Alec has been able to get under my skin. | swore that he'd never be able to
win back, but | was wrong. Slowly but surely, he's knocking down the walls | had built.
| admit that I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop, but at the stime, there
is hope blossoming inside me. Hope that it's all in my head and he won't hurt me.
| stop walking and lean against a tree, running my fingers along the rough bark as
if grounding myself in the present. The question burns hotter than the morning sun creeping through the
branches.
Does Alec choosingmean something more than duty? Or was it just instinct- Knox reacting to my distress?
"You're overthinking again."
Nyx's voice cuts cleanly into my thoughts, sharp but familiar. | didn't know just
how much | needed her steady presence until now.
Something eases in me; it's like taking that fresh breath of air after being underwater for too long.
"What else am | supposed to do?" | mutter under my breath, closing my eyes. "My mind won't stop replaying it."
"Then tell me. What happened?"
Unlike what most people think, when she has her mental walls up, or | have mine,
we aren't linked so she doesn't know what happens toand vice versa.
| exhale slowly, letting my head rest
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comforted me. | didn't even. fighyim.
My theo tightand &s the
abirlission slips out. "l let myself trust
him. | let myself trust both of you."
Nyx hums low, a sound of approval that ripples like velvet through my mind. "And
why does that worry you?"
"Because it felt good," | whisper,
ashamed at how fragile it sounds.
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