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

as her hair stood on end, and chills ran down

It's that

familiar to her. All

he that man from Dawnpol Village back at Mount Chillad two years ago? The one who had half his face covered in

to have a limp back then, but

injured after she fired

if I'm 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

The thought terrified Veronica.

moments, her forehead was covered

"Roni? What's going on?"

found that Veronica was staring unblinkingly at Nelson,

snapped out of her reverie and withdrew her gaze. "Oh. It's

He glanced thoughtfully

Let's all eat

passed the fruits to Veronica and Xavier. His piercing

stared at him a

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