Chapter 1013

"Evadne, please don't cry."

Wake up and comfort me again. I'm begging you.

As Evadne wept, the door to the hospital room creaked open.

Jareth walked in, carrying a bowl of warm chicken soup. He stopped in his tracks, momentarily lost, his hand trembling slightly as he held the bowl. A tall, strong man, Jareth's heart had long been softened by Marilla's love.

The scene before him moved him deeply, bringing an overwhelming urge to shed tears himself.

Once Evadne's sobs subsided, he composed himself and gently approached her bedside.

"Evadne, you should eat something. It's chicken soup-I remember you like it. I made it myself," he said softly.

a moment,

glanced to the side and noticed her untouched breakfast on the

Thaddeus to end up like this. He's your

paused, her voice barely above a whisper. "Jareth, I know you must resent me. Please, let it out. Your calmness just makes

her, his eyes resting on Thaddeus's pale, lifeless face. "Evadne, I respect every choice Thaddeus

"Whatever the cost, whatever the consequences, I'm willing to bear them with

as she closed her tear-filled

glad it's him and not you," Jareth said with

looked at

grew up surrounded by love-parents, aunts,

to restore his identity, only for him to face betrayal and manipulation, time and again. He's had to fight his way to where he is now, battered

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