Sokeefe The crown in her life (english)

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Sophie was awakened by a bright light.

She lay in a wide velvet red canopy bed. Next to the bed was a large window from which you could see outside.

The sky shone in shades of yellow, red and purple.

The sun must have just set.

She tried to sit up, but she was stopped by a pain in her side and let herself fall back into the pillows.

Then she looked down cautiously at herself.

She wore a white nightdress, with an unknown coat of arms on it.

Two hands formed a bowl and in the middle of it, a candle shone.

Where was she?

A few minutes later, the door to the room was opened and someone entered.

It was the boy who had noticed Sophie in the lonely corridor.

His hair looked like he had been bathing in the sea and then let it dry in the sun on the beach.

Sophie continued to watch him with half-closed eyelids.

He sat down on a stool next to the bed and gently brushed her hair out of her forehead.

He looked at Sophie with ice-blue eyes.
Then he leaned close to her ear and whispered:

„Hey, I don't know who you are, but you were really lucky with your injuries."

Then he leaned back a little and stroked her cheek with a gloved finger.

When he took his fingers off her cheek, the place tingled and she became pleasantly warm.

Then she dared and carefully opened her eyes completely.

They stared into each other's eyes for a few moments until he released eye contact.

„You're awake," he said a moment later.

„Who are you? And what actually happened? I found you on a school floor. You were half bleeding to death."

Sophie thought about whether she could tell him the truth, but then she jerked herself and cleared her throat.

„I'm sorry you had to skip class because of me.

I am Sophie.."

„Last name?" He looked at her expectantly.

„Ruew-... Foster. Sophie Elizabeth Foster.

Suddenly she realized how embarrassed she must have been.

„Do you know Lena and her friends?"

He grinned at her askance. „Those who always wear such tight clothes? Yes, I don't think anyone knows her."

"They hurt me with a knife because they told me to stay away from someone. The problem was that I had to dance with that person in sports."

„And who was that?" He asked Sophie.

„Fitz Vacker."

He looked at her in surprise.

„Fitz? He happens to be my best friend!" He grinned.

He had probably noticed that she had only told half the truth, because he asked her: „And who else should you stay away from?"

Sophie looked at him in amazement.

„I think there were still other ....

Wylie, Mason and Keefe.

But I don't even know who it is!" She exclaimed, and looked at him indignantly.