Soar (The Immortal Chronicles Book 3) by Sloane Murphy

Author:Sloane Murphy [Murphy, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dedicated Ink Publishing
Published: 2017-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

She looks up at me, her eyes still tinged with sadness, and I can see a hesitancy there, like she’s still not sure if she can trust me – and after what I’ve heard about her life so far, I can’t say I blame her.

“Do you have lots of friends, Princess?” she asks.

“Sophie, stop being so nosy!” Jessa chides her.

“It’s fine, Jessa. Sophie can ask me anything she likes,” I say, patting Sophie’s hand to let her know it’s okay. She withdraws her hands from me, and I realise it might just be a bit too soon to be that friendly with her. She doesn’t really know me yet and she’s not had the luxury of being cuddled and touched.

“I never had lots of friends, Sophie. Believe it or not, I don’t trust too many people. So when I become somebody’s friend, I like to know I can count on them. That I can trust them – and know they won’t hurt me. But when I open myself up to them, then they become my family.”

“I’d like friends like that. Then I’ll have a family, just like you.”

“I have no doubt about it. Now, how about some of that delicious tea you were drinking?” I distract her from the sad route her questions led us down. I haven’t lied to her, my friends have become my family – but sometimes, family isn’t always to be trusted. I think back to Ty, who betrayed me. To Livvy, who betrayed me. To Logan, who disappeared. Maybe I’m not that great a judge of character.

I smile as Sophie pours me some pretend tea and I sip from the teacup she hands me as she chatters away to her dolls and Jessa. I join in when she includes me, but I try not to intrude on her too much. I can only imagine how deep her trust issues run, and the only other time she met me, I went all red eyes on her. Even if I was protecting her, that’s how she saw me. I don’t expect her to let me in straight away, but her light calls to me; it pulls me from the darkness swirling inside of me. I think we could heal one another. I believe the universe has placed Sophie and I together.

“Princess, do you want to be a mummy when you grow up?” Sophie asks, startling me from my thoughts.

Her question genuinely surprises me, and if I’m honest, it saddens me, too. Now Xander is lost to me, I can’t see me becoming a mother. “Erm, I’ve never really thought about it – not really.”

“I want to be a mummy. I’d keep them safe and make sure they were always happy. It would be nice to love them.”

“I think you’d be really good at that, Sophie.”

“Yes, I would,” she says turning her attention to her dolls again.

I want to help her, something inside me wants to keep her safe. Maybe it’s because my mother abandoned me that I

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