Chapter 225: Eldric Shows Up
Eldric looked oddly smaller in the doorway than she expected, as if the fact that his husband was not in the pack compounds had dealt a heavy blow to him.
Sophia didn't understand how his husband leaving the pack could affect him this much. Orion—maybe she did understand that one, because if he wasn't around, she would feel like her heart had been torn to pieces. Even right now, she felt a bit lonely without him. But at least he was alive. She was sure of that.
Eldric adjusted his crooked glasses, pushed a braid back behind his ear, and smiled in that soft, peculiar way he smiled whenever a puzzle delighted him.
"Yes, it is me," he said. His voice was steadier than Sophia felt, as if he had rehearsed the words all morning.
"Where have you been?" she asked him.
"I have been busy. I needed time—but that isn't a matter that should concern you," he replied.
