Chapter 718: The Lie Between Them
Sophia was silent for a moment after hearing the question.
The words drifted through the darkness around her, soft and affectionate on the surface. Once upon a time, they would have made her heart race with hope.
Now they only made her tired.
Neoma growled.
Not loud enough to interrupt the connection, but enough for Sophia to feel the wolf's irritation.
*She knows where we are,* Neoma said.
Sophia knew that, and hence why she almost scoffed when her mother had spoken those words.
Neoma was right. Victoria knew perfectly well where she was, but she pretended like she didn't know.
And Sophia knew that, unlike how her mother had phrased it, this wasn't a question. It was fishing.
A probe.
An attempt to see what Sophia would reveal.
And if Sophia's suspicions were correct, her mother had not reached out because she suddenly missed her daughter.
