Sylvia's POV:

The landslide trapped me so fast that I didn't have the time to react.

Just as I was about to be swallowed up and lost forever, a strong hand wrapped itself around my arm tightly and pulled me from the surging mud. Before I knew what was happening, I had fallen into a warm embrace. It was Rufus!

I looked at him in shock. "What? Why are you here?"

"Saving your life, obviously." Rufus frowned but held me tightly.

Only then did I realize that we were standing on a high branch. The landslide surged below us violently.

I steadied myself on the branch and looked at him with a smile. We had just been apart for a short time, but it had felt like a lifetime.

Rufus's hand reached up to cup my cheek. He looked terrified. "Sylvia, I almost lost you."

big hand and pressed it to my lips. Then I rubbed his palm against my cheek. "But why are you here?

broke out of prison,"

"What?!"

Rufus sounded too calm,

out that he had buried bombs in the forbidden forest and was planning to kill you all, I went crazy. So I broke

my lip anxiously. After all, Rufus was in a precarious situation to begin with. Now that he had broken out of prison, I was scared that the public would have another reason to

doesn't matter." Rufus shrugged indifferently. As he stared at me, his lips pursed slightly, as though he was

myself at a

hand slightly, bringing me back to reality. Frowning, he asked, "Are you mad

"What? No-"

my sentence, Rufus cut in, "I came here as fast as I could. I

his lips and touched the tip of his. Instantly, my body went limp, as though I had been electrically shocked. Rufus was stunned at first, but he quickly came to his senses and kissed me back passionately. He held me tightly in his arms, as though he wanted to become one with

his neck and

around my body, a cough suddenly sounded from behind

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