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Rounding a bend, she spotted Marcus, his anxiety evident as he paced near his car.

He caught sight of her and hastened to her, wrapping her in a reassuring embrace.

Millie leaned into him, whispering, “Honey, I’m alright.”

Despite her assurances, she had been fraught with anxiety until laying eyes on him.

As he gently caressed Millie’s hair, Marcus’ dark eyes betrayed his guilt.

“I’m sorry. I should have been there to retrieve you myself.”

His panic had soared when he couldn’t reach her by phone, certain that something untoward had occurred.

yourself. Let’s get in the car and leave this

G E L A ‘s L

Millie consoled him.

choice not to involve him

settled into the car for the journey home. As the landscape passed by, Millie narrated her recent experiences, each detail a stark

pressed tightly, his narrow eyes deepening in intensity as Millie described a plant with characteristics identical to the Bloody Herb. That Bruce had cultivated such a thing was a testament

comfort of a

against his chest, drawing warmth and reassurance

taken a turn for the worse, leaving her bedridden. Those

someone, the more relentless his enemies became in their pursuit of

snoring filled the room, Marcus rose from the bed

number, his