His Forbidden Truth
Chapter 315: The Cost of Silence
Winter settled fully into Ottawa, not as an invasion but as an agreement. Snow layered itself carefully, muting edges, softening sounds. The city learned a new quiet — not empty, but held. The hum beneath everything remained, steady and restrained, like a promise no one rushed to collect.
Sophia walked alone through Confederation Park, boots crunching softly. She kept her awareness folded inward, a practiced discipline now. To listen without entering. To feel without shaping. Restraint had become muscle memory, and it carried its own fatigue.
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