Sophie

Previously

…“It is,” he affirmed, leading her into the warm interior. “Because you are here, Sophie. Always.” The house welcomed them, a solid, unmoving structure built on the bedrock of their enduring, stubborn love. Outside, the newly planted saplings of the next generation of oaks reached their fragile branches toward the emerging stars, whispering the promise of a future built upon the strength of their past. The stories were beginning to pass down—stories of the tall man who knew the whispering of the woods, and the graceful woman who knew the heart of the land, and how, together, they had forged not just wealth, but an unbreakable sanctuary.