Love Unspoken

After a while, Walter raised his hand, gesturing for the person behind him to lower the gun, and smiled. "Mr. Kennedy, good to see you well?"

With a penetrating gaze, Landon scrutinized him, asking, "Why?"

The question had been well posed, though only Walter had understood its depth.

Why had he betrayed him? Why had he assisted Alexander?

Walter hesitated for a moment, his smile undiminished as he replied slowly, "There's no why. People live their whole lives for just a few things. I didn't want to, but what he offered was just too much." Landon also smiled, but it was a cold smile. "That's not what you said when you came to me."

Walter said, "People change."

Landon asked, "So this time, are you here to find someone?"

"Isn't it obvious, Mr. Kennedy? You, too, are to blame. Didn't you know that the little mute girl is easily frightened, yet you still brought her to such a place? You must have scared her, right?" Landon's mouth curled in a mocking arc. "What's your relationship with that mute girl?"

"What's my relationship with her? don't you know?" Walter smiled harmlessly. "She is my respected sister-in-law."

single punctuation mark of what

said, "She's not with

so? Would it be okay if we search for

forward and said, "Who do you think you are? Do you know whose territory this is? You say you want to search, but

glancing sideways at Alistair. "And who might you

chuckled at his words. "It seems you are also here for the first time. Even I don't know, kid, I advise you to be smart and leave on your own. This is not where you should

that said, the atmosphere tensed up again, with both

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"Stop!"

tense atmosphere inside the cabin, he said in a deep voice, "There are many people on the ship. Everyone, sit down and talk. Don't make a big fuss, or it won't end well for anyone." Alistair said, "Hetastian, you arrived just in time. These people came looking for someone

over?" Alexander spoke up. He stepped out from the crowd, his gaze cold and unyielding. Even under the dim light, nothing seemed amiss about him. Hetastian warned, "Alistair, if you really caught someone, hand them over; don't

said impatiently, "I said the person is not

knocking on the door? But he and Alistair were partners after all, and he wouldn't favor Alexander. Otherwise, word might spread, and he'd be seen as abandoning his own for an outsider. But if they started fighting, it

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few steps forward and stood in front