Chapter 98

• Sophia’s POV
• I stepped through the portal with Ian at my side, the strange, electric hum of vampire magic fading behind us as we entered the human realm again. Everything was just as it had been before, but I wasn’t. The air felt different, like it wasn’t quite enough for my lungs anymore, but I breathed it in anyway, letting the familiar scent of the forest wrap around me. It was weird that we entered the realm through a stone, and we were stepping out of it through a blanket. It was good to be back, even if the weight of everything that had happened in the vampire realm still clung to me like a shadow I couldn’t shake.
• Ian glanced at me, his eyes softening. “You okay?”