Chapter 988

"I just... want to go home..."

Evadne's eyes brimmed with tears, her grip crumpling his shirt as she sobbed

uncontrollably, her distress pulling at heartstrings, "I miss my dad, my brothers, I miss... Thaddeus...

Please... let me go home... okay? Please..."

He listened in silence, his stride firm and unwavering, offering no words.

"Give Evadne back to me!"

Avery, disregarding any semblance of composure, charged forward, his eyes bloodshot as he blocked Hans's path.

"You're not married to Ms. Evadne yet. Technically, she's not yours."

Hans's gaze was unmoved, eyeing Avery's pallid face with a slight, mocking curl of his lips, "Besides, even if I were to hand her over, could you really catch her?"

Avery's frail body shuddered, his trembling hand retracting.

Despite being utterly exhausted and shell-shocked, Evadne's mind was startlingly clear.

Hans's words hinted at something more.

already on his last legs, a candle burnt to

sea breeze grew fiercer,

Evadne close as

cries

storm is coming at

her bleary eyes to the man's deep-set,

would have been your grave," Hans's eyes

skipped, a mix of

oblivious to the weather

Would you let me go?" she asked him, her voice

tell you

blinked her

man before her was Hubery. Or

had come to see him

that even if he was remade

had lost his memory, the core of his soul, his kindness, brightness, and

came here to prevent you from being

looked down at her, his gaze as deep as the

tonight was calm,

response was

heart plummet, a pain

Sir. Now that he's of no use, all of it will be taken back," Hans said matter-of-factly, "Sir never

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