Chapter 612 Cheering Himself Up

The sight of the plains at night was gorgeous. Hanging high above the skies was a river of twinkling stars we could never see in the city. The moon coated the earth with a silvery light, and I felt like we were walking straight into an anime scene. Shawn and I had been walking the whole day, so we were exhausted. The chill was getting to me due to fatigue, and I was shivering in Shawn's embrace. He held me tightly, not saying a word.

I could feel his hand rubbing against my cheek. And a long while later, he said, "You should eat something."

I shook my head. "I'm not hungry."

He took the bread and tore a small piece of it, then tried to feed me. I looked into his eyes. Just the thought of him eating raw fish just now stopped me from opening my mouth. "I'm not hungry. Really."

He cooed, "Now, now, be a good girl."

I pursed my lips and opened my mouth. He would worry if I went on for too long without food, and I needed something to keep up my strength, but I was still uneasy from everything.

With difficulty, I finished half the bread, and Shawn whipped out some biscuits. He fed me a couple and asked, "Do you want more?"

I shook my head. "That's enough."

There weren't a lot of snacks in the bag, but they were enough to last an adult two whole days. I wouldn't eat anything unless absolutely necessary. Shawn opened up a pack of sausages and fed me those.

I was a bit speechless for a moment. "Well, that question was redundant."

"You might be lying. Just eat more."

I teared up. "I never lie to you."

Shawn cocked his eyebrow. "Really?"

I smiled sheepishly. "Well, small lies."

the sausage. I took the bag and whipped a bottle of milk out. After a couple of swigs, I handed it to him, pretending that I couldn't

gave me a

you staring

answer. Instead, he finished one-third of the milk and put it aside.

It was waterproof, but it wasn't warm enough,

stared at my feet. "You've got

been walking the whole day. Of

ground, then he placed my legs on

"You're going to

cooed, "It won't

my eyes. "Make

moments later, he said,

from my eyes. " I didn't feel anything." I

wear my boots. "I'll do it

my hands around his waist under his

regular pilots. Waylen handles the background checks and the pilot has a clean background, or so it seemed. I have no idea whom he's working for now. I have a lot of enemies, so I can't remember them all. I'll look into it once we leave this place. I promise there

care about answers. I care about you. There are a lot of people working for you. You can't be on guard against everyone, but that's all the more reason danger gets to you easily. This is only one of the many crises you'll have to face, and

swimming in danger, and it left marks on him. I was reminded of the scores of scars on his body, and some of them were even fresh. At this thought, I sat up and saw him staring at me thoughtfully. Then I held his arm and rested my head on his

boulder behind him. That was understandable. His back was hurt, but sleeping while sitting up must feel awful too. I sighed and pulled him into my embrace. His head rested on my chest. If this was any other time, he would have woken up, but now he was asleep, though his face was as white as a

I looked at him intently and wiped a tear away. "Good

freezing. It took me a long time just to force myself to fall asleep. I felt something move in my arms late at night. Despite my best attempts to wake up, my willpower wasn't strong enough, so I remained asleep. The next second, I felt someone taking my boots off, and then a surge of

gently, "Just hold

I woke up, and Shawn was not by my side. I got up and, to my surprise, realized that my feet didn't hurt anymore. So, I took my boots off and noticed that the blisters were gone. Reminded of the

the day before. He was staring into the distance, where the endless plains slept. Strewn around him were the innards and bones of a fish. Did he eat raw fish again? I

fish into

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