*Zara*
It finally felt like things were starting to calm down now that Gray had been freed and was functioning within our community. I couldn’t be more relieved after he was released from that dark and lonely jail cell. I couldn’t even believe it when Noah had come up to me to tell me the news.
“Gray is going to be released tomorrow and will work here in Drogomor in order to earn his keep,” he’d said without any kind of preamble. He watched my expression carefully and I thought I detected the tiniest hint of a smirk on the corner of his mouth. It was a resigned kind of smirk that I read as, “Alright, you win.”
I threw my arms around his neck.
“Why are you acting like I did you a favor?” he asked gruffly, but then he hugged me back.
“I’m not,” I said with a shake of my head. I pulled away so I could beam at him. “I’m just marveling at how kind and strong you are.”
He scoffed, but I could see the pleased look in his deep blue eyes.
