Chapter 354: The Cost Of A Heartbeat
The words settled heavily in Sophia's chest as she listened quietly.
"What you just did was a fatal error that could have cost you your life if you were in the forest. I'm not telling you to kill Dren, or telling you that you should have killed him. This is spring after all, and the pack doesn't take it lightly to threatening its members," Brynhild added evenly. "But that lapse—right there—when you thought it was over? When you rejoiced in your head and were all smug about disarming Dren? That is how people die. That is a fatal error that should not happen again. In a real-life situation, that would have cost you your life."
Sophia nodded slowly, shame prickling under her skin. She knew better—of course she did. But a part of her wanted to boast and show that she was good, and she had also not been taking this as seriously as Brynhild and even Orion wanted her to. That was her fault.
