Riven and Sophie walked through the town, the sun on their faces, the warmth on their skin. It had been a while since he was anywhere other than the academy.
As they walked, people waved to Sophie and then greeted him as the young master. There was much change ever since he got into the academy.
*Their love for me feels wrong. I'm sure I would have loved such acceptance in the past, finally being someone in the eyes of people, but look at all I had to go through to actually be worth any value to them.
Have I even asked myself, what the hell did a thirteen-year-old do that was so bad that I had to live my entire first month apologizing for it?
What could I have done that was so bad that made me feel every movement in the house would make me an outcast? Everyone here is happy to see me now, even my family, but in all honesty, I had to go out of my way to finally have some value.
