Chapter 345: Perhaps The Shrine Holds Answers…
Sophia stared at the last word she had written—The Shrine—as though it might rearrange itself if she looked long enough. The ink was still dark, the page faintly rough beneath her fingertips.
"I don't know if the shrine is linked to everything," she said quietly at last, breaking the silence that had settled between them. "But… I suspect it is."
Orion didn't interrupt. He only nodded once, a small, deliberate motion, his attention fixed entirely on her. "Okay?"
She drew in a breath, steadying herself. "You said you found me in the shrine," she said.
Orion nodded.
"And that wasn't just it. Someone led you there. A woman led you to the shrine where you found me bleeding. And also, you said you found me in my wolf form, but ever since then, I've been unable to shift or even communicate with my wolf. Not even as much as a hello," she told him.
His expression didn't change, but his shoulders tightened slightly. "Yes."
