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Yannis spoke in a calm, steady voice as he began to recount a long–buried memory from over a decade ago.

Zinnia listened to Yannis’s calm, measured words. Though his tone showed little emotion, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest. Her lips pressed tightly together, her throat constricting as if something was stuck there.

Unconsciously, waves of heartache began to spread through her.

“Yannis…” Even though he was the one telling the story, Zinnia’s voice was even more choked than his. Zinnia felt a pang of heartache.

Zinnia glanced at Yannis beside her. At some point, his once–straight back had slumped wearily against the chair, his former uprightness replaced by a trace of dejection and fatigue.

Yannis had never told anyone about the events from seventeen years ago. Very few people knew the full story.

Most people only knew that when Yannis was finally rescued, he was hovering between life and death, his fingers broken, nails torn out, his calf shattered, and his whole body drenched in blood.

Even without knowing the details, just the sight of him was enough to make their hearts ache for Yannis.

Just seeing him like that was heartbreaking. Let alone Yannis and Grace, who had to endure it all themselves.

James’s tears rolled silently from the corners of his eyes, soaking into the pillow.

“They all think I blame Dad for choosing those kids, but I never did. If it were me, I would’ve made the same choice. Those kids were the hope of dozens of families. Mom and I just weren’t that important in comparison.

“Mom told me not to blame him, and truth be told, I never have.

“But all these years, what’s haunted me is the fear that Dad blames me for not protecting Mom, for letting her sacrifice herself for me.

been

their child seemed to

Yannis

he’d been drowning in regret. He hated himself

awake in the dead of night, haunted by memories of his younger self, blaming himself for not

Yannis rarely returned to the Perkins Manor,

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eyes. He was afraid they would blame him for failing to

happened to him, only himself. He hated how weak he’d been as a child,

been

way. She gave everything to protect you because all she ever wanted was for you

last words, Zinnia’s heart suddenly lurched. She wrapped her arms around Yannis’s neck, gently guiding his head to rest on her shoulder. Just as he always did when she was upset, she softly patted his back

had given up on

and she knew how to protect herself. If she wanted to, she could’ve

gave him drew out the last bit of life in his body, barely keeping him alive until

reddened

but she chose to

She risked her life to give you a fighting chance, hoping you’d live well. If she knew you’d been blaming yourself all these years,

devastated too. He’s already lost Grace. Now you’re

you know why James wasn’t there when you woke up back then? Do you know what Victor told me about

in a gentle, soothing tone, her hand patting Yannis’s back in

depths of night, within the hushed hospital room, their intertwined shadows stretched across

eyes dull and lifeless, like bottomless pits of darkness swallowing all

was like a lost soul wandering alone in

“You think he blames you, but it’s the other way around. Victor told me James is the one who’s scared you’d blame him. He couldn’t face you because he was terrified you’d hate

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