Chapter 600: The Girl (Woman) He Should Have Remembered I
She stretched her hand out to him.
Younger Orion looked at it for a moment before taking it.
Her grip was light, but steady as she helped him to his feet.
"Thank you," he said, brushing dirt from his clothes.
Sophia nodded, her fingers slipping from his as she stepped back slightly.
There was a faint color on her cheeks.
Orion noticed.
But something else caught his attention more.
His gaze lifted to her hair.
It wasn't fully black.
Not like adult Orion was used to now.
There were streaks—faint, uneven strands of white that didn't blend, like they were fighting to exist.
"…Why is your hair two colors?" he asked.
Sophia stilled.
Then she tilted her head slightly.
"That's a secret," she said.
Orion frowned immediately.
"I don't like secrets."
Sophia blinked at him and instead of replying, she asked,
"What are you doing here?"
His expression didn't change.
"That's a secret."
There was a pause.
