Chapter 32

Sophie's POV

"It's alright" Laurent assured me,  "I just need to heal," he said, and I could only nod.

"Do you need anything to eat or maybe to drink?"

"No, I am fine, but there is one thing I do need: stay with me; I want to talk to you."

"I am here."

"You know, you are the best thing that ever happened to me. I've always waited for the day I would find my mate. All my life, I didn't realize it, but there was always this emptiness, this loneliness I felt," he said. His eyes were glassy, and there was so much emotion in them, I realized I hadn't bothered to even know more about him.

"Tell me more," I said, out of curiosity—or maybe something more.

"My brother, Teo, I guess you've heard of him; we were all living together; I could barely remember those good times; it always seemed so far away, maybe too good to be true, when I had a mother, a father, and a brother. We were one happy family, but everything changed after m