Chapter Seventy Eight
“Second chance?”
Juniper POV
I watch as Knox enters the room at 9pm. Socrates is sleeping next to me in the bed. Knox comes up and kneels before me and Socrates. Socrates wakes up and looks over Knox before purring in approval.
Shit. If Socrates is giving Knox a chance, shouldn’t I?
I realize that this is the first time I haven’t felt instinctively numb with Knox. Socrates must be doing a real number on me.
“He’s a familiar, isn’t he?” Knox asks.
I sit up and pull lift Socrates into my arm. Time for his feeding.
“Yeah, he is.”
I think that’s the longest answer I’ve given him since I came back, and he seems surprised.
“What’s his name?” Knox asks as I prepare the milk in the feeding bottle.
“Socrates” I respond. Once the milk is prepared I hold it up to So
