Chapter 134: Adelaide.

Safira hugs me the minute she sees me and soon I'm breathing in the sweet jasmine that’s her scent. The fact that I actually missed her strikes me as surprising, but I guess I'm not the only one who missed someone else.

Safira’s hold on my neck becomes tighter and a strange feeling takes hold of me. Something’s bothering her.

“Are you okay Safira?”

She nods and lets go of me, but when I look at her, her eyes tell a different story. They say tears have leaked from us in torrents, and no matter how much we shed, it might never be enough. Something has happened.

And I was freaking asleep when it did.

Guards march past us and the clatter of chainmail and unsheathed sword steals my attention for a while. When I look back at Safira, the wall is up. She’s put on a resigned look and she’s in the middle of releasing a deep breath.

It is closely followed with a mellow smile after which she walks over, linking our elbows together and dragging me along.

“I heard you got attacked in the woods toda