Chapter 907 Friend or Foe

"Why are you sighing? You look just as dejected as you did when I saw you at Mount Chillad," Xavier teased.

Veronica was standing under a towering tree, looking at the river further down the mountain. Memories of everything that happened back at Mount Chillad the last time resurfaced.

"Back then?" She chuckled. "I wasn't just dejected. I was also pretty pathetic."

Now that she thought about it, it had been two years since then.

"Hah. You were with Matthew, but he didn't even keep you safe." Xavier scoffed as he crossed his arms and stared out into the distance.

He knew Veronica liked Matthew, but he couldn't accept the fact that Matthew didn't do a good job protecting her.

"He can't be blamed for what happened at Mount Chillad."

Veronica wanted to stand up for Matthew, so she explained, "At the time, I—"

As she spoke, she spotted Nelson limping over with a few fruits in hand.

His silhouette matched perfectly with the one that popped up in her mind.

felt her head

pale as her hair stood on end, and chills ran down her

It's

looked a little familiar to her. All this time, she

Village back at Mount Chillad two

have a limp back then, but his limp was real

right, his leg was indeed permanently injured after she fired a bullet into it back

right about this, does it mean… Tanya knew about my true identity two years ago and sent someone to assassinate me but had to give up because

The thought terrified Veronica.

just a few moments, her forehead

"Roni? What's going on?"

that Veronica was staring unblinkingly at Nelson, so he shoved her

out of her reverie and withdrew her gaze.

He glanced thoughtfully at the three people

all

and passed the fruits to Veronica and

was probably because she'd stared at him a little too

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