Love Unspoken

Chapter 1272

She widened her eyes, not sure if she should be stoked or freaked out. She bolted downhill, but in her rush, she tripped and tumbled down the slope. After she landed, she got up and started rummaging through the grass around her.

Walter watched her part the ankle-deep grass, looking for Alexander, a helpless look in his eyes.

Alexander was so tall, he should've been easy to spot. How could he be hiding in such shallow grass?

Quinn searched all the grass around but found nada, so she looked further away. She figured Alexander might've been hurt bad and crawled off somewhere. She searched a bit further uphill but still came up empty.

Walter followed her down. When he got halfway down the slope, he stopped and looked down. There were bright red droplets on the grass.

He bent down and wiped them, ending up with a hand full of blood.

He frowned and wiped around again, his whole hand covered in blood.

"Quinn," Walter called out seriously.

Quinn turned, came to his side, and followed his gaze, first noticing the blood on his hand.

The wet sensation made her shiver as she opened her palm, revealing a bright red stain. Her eyes flickered as she

tried to stand up but weakly fell

and crawled upward. The grass along the way was

fingers, arms, and entire sleeves

got back to the top of the slope and

picturing Alexander falling and his injuries. Tears

lighten, and the

staring blankly

was almost dead. He turned off the phone light, and darkness

keep looking?"

Quinn didn't respond.

a long time, she finally croaked out, "He shouldn't be

might just be hiding, just went farther away,"

possible. But there doesn't seem to be any place to hide around here," he said calmly. Quinn slowly raised

are you happy

replied, "I