Chapter 420: The Space Between Teeth and Breath
Sophia did not move.
The beast's words still hung in the air between them, heavy and strange, his gaze fixed on her with an unreadable calm that made her skin prickle.
Her fingers curled slightly at her sides.
"And what makes you think," she asked quietly, "that I'm going to send my guard away?"
Her voice was steadier than she felt.
The beast's lips curved into a slow, knowing smile.
"Because," he said evenly, "you want to know who I am."
Sophia stiffened almost imperceptibly.
"And you want to hear the things I have to tell you."
The words sank into her chest with uncomfortable accuracy.
She swallowed.
Her eyes flicked toward Noctis without thinking.
