It had been days since Sophia received the letter, and though she had crumpled it up and pushed it aside, it lingered in her thoughts, a constant reminder that maybe, just maybe, there was another way out. Another path she could take. She still wasn’t sure if staying here, with Mr. Black, was worth it. The pull between her growing feelings for him and the suffocating reality of her situation gnawed at her, day and night.Sophia kept to her training, pushing herself harder, as if the physical strain could drown out the conflict in her mind. But every night, when the mansion was quiet, her thoughts returned to that letter. _Could her uncle really set her free?_But what did freedom even mean?Today was like any other day. She was in the gym, working through the combat drills Mr. Black had insisted she master. Her movements were sharp, but her mind wasn’t fully in it. She couldn’t stop thinking about everything—about him, about the letter, about her place here.As she trained, she overhe
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