Chapter 122. The Awakening (2)

Sophia's POV

I feel a shiver run down my spine with that phrase, something I didn't know was possible, because there's a different tone, it's not like Khalid telling me I'm an object, it was different…

It was acceptance, certainty, as if, by calling me that, he was recognizing something beyond the physical, beyond desire, beyond the blood that pulses in our veins.

He didn't see me as a possession, but as part of something ancient, sacred.

My Shi. A phrase that meant our souls were connected…

Maybe that's how I should have felt from the beginning with Achilles and Perseus, but I was different back then, I didn't know about this world and had to learn about everything…

It's not that the connection between me and Khalid is stronger, but it's different… And this difference is glaring… Because Achilles and Perseus had to fight from the start to win me over…

They were the ones who taught me about the Bond, the Balance, and what it