Chapter 371



"What do you think?" Bran asked Colin.

Colin stood still, watching as Melody walked away into the distance.

I was hiding behind the door, feeling a bit jittery.

For some reason, I feared Colin wouldn't recognize me.

This sensation of being doubted, not being acknowledged, it truly unsettles me.

Scares me, even.

So, could Colin be feeling the same? When I doubted him, didn't trust him, or even misunderstood him...

Holding my hands tightly and looking down nervously, I pondered how to explain myself so Colin would believe me.

But I really forgot too much. I can't remember him, nor can I recall anything about the orphanage, just like Bran said, I'm not sharp, I'm quite dim... I always seem to cause trouble for everyone.

But I don't know what the old me was like, I even know less about my past than Melody does.

I'm terrified.

I said?" Bran frowned and asked when Colin didn't respond.

out and eat a slice of

cut the sarcasm!" Bran

after her, you know where to find her," Colin

Bran wasn't ready to let it go and grabbed him. "It's not that I doubt your judgment, but look at

because she's

Bran said with

was the Phoebe Caldwell of old, would she openly seek us out, making such a spectacle? Especially with you, an outsider, standing right here?" Colin didn't want to argue with Bran any longer and tried to enter the

she guessed my..." Bran still

cut him off impatiently. "The moment she insisted on winning, she gave

Melody's competitive nature is

her. Even if Damian did a thorough job hypnotizing

Fake is fake.

so earlier?" Bran muttered under his breath, frowning. "You

"You weren't exactly clever to

it kill you to exchange a few words with me?" Bran, full of youthful arrogance, insisted on engaging Colin more. "Are you planning some kind of seduction strategy with that Melody?

gave Bran a look. "I need to go smooth things over with my

just a

are you even talking about?"

how we young folks talk; you're out of the loop," Bran said smugly,

him, Colin went inside while I was still

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