Confessions
Chapter 49
Uh-uh, still not mine.
"Nicky?" Katherine asked, standing in the doorway of the room North was working in.
"Yes Kitty?" North responded, looking over his shoulder at her.
"Why is Sophie so..." Katherine trailed off, looking thuroughly confused.
"Devoted to Bunny?" North chuckled. Katherine nodded. "She never knew her father. She was only three when she found her way to the Warren the first time. She met Bunny there and she found a way to come back almost everyday after that. She learned to write painting Easter eggs. She has barely gone a day without Bunny and that has made her...her. It's who she is. She's our little Easter Bunny. She's Bunny's Sophie, his ankle-biter, nothing can keep them apart. Is easier to keep Jack from snow. I tried once. ."
"Even if it's dangerous for her?" Katherine asked, moving to stand next to North.
"It doesn't matter when you really love someone. She loves him like you love Ombric. Nothing can change that."
"But I don't want her to get hurt. I know Aster would never hurt her, but he's not himself when he's got the Fearling in him. I just want her to be safe."
"I know you want her to be safe Kitty, so do I. But you saw what she did for Aster. I've never seen that, not even when Koz was infected. Sandy and Seraphina were both crying out for him to come back," North said, "Sophie was able to bring him back from the darkness. Don't worry about her, she'll be fine."