Chapter 108: Thralled

I knew that song, sank into it, smiled as I hummed the tune under my breath, soothing and dear. Why was I fighting again? Impossible to remember, and nor did I care the reason anymore, not when the soft and lilting notes gave me such delight and comfort.

Even better? That music reminded me of the best part of all of this, hands down. That the girl who taught it to me loved me more than anyone had ever loved me in my entire life. More than Mom and her distance, more than GreatGram and her judgment and lack of trust. Way more than Sass and his fears I was someone I couldn't ever be. Not to mention every other person in my life who never gave me a chance to prove I could be more if they would just step back and see me for who I really was.