My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 177

“Shh, don’t talk. Talking will keep you from sleeping.”

After she finished speaking, Xanthea felt like she was echoing her mother, who used to soothe her to sleep with fairy tales and lullabies whenever she was ill or restless.

“Orion, how about I sing you a song?”

“Butterfly”

“No, something different, one you’ve never heard!” Xanthea said as she sat on the futon, recalling the lyrics from a distant memory.

The clear, pure melody of the girl’s voice stimed as she sang, and the man lying on the bed involuntarily clenched his fists so tight the sheets twisted,

She still remembered that song.

As Xanthea sang, her thoughts drifted far back in time.

that

Dreams,” the first song she ever wrote, crafted for the ‘Elementary School Song Contest. But just before she was to perform, her music teacher worried her original song might not win approval from the judges, and switched it for a popular children’s song of the

little star in her school, with many fans who cheered for her under the stage, and she didn’t disappoint, taking home the

Amid the hustle, a little boy was pushed down, and his hand

see he was covered up with a mask, sunglasses, and a cap, which made his face completely hidden. As she asked if

strange, considering he was a fan. Why would

left cheek had been disfigured in a fire, leaving a hideous scar, as the scar was still healing. hd made it always wrapped up, rendering him look like a “‘freak‘. But she just thought he seemed

when

delayed and all other students had been picked up, she saw him again, alone at the end

like a forsaken puppy with

and

but she called out loudly, “Don’t run! I won’t come over, and I won’t pull your hat

We can talk and keep each other company. How does

eager to chat, but remembering he was a fan,

“You’re