Chapter 339

She yearned for him to appear again.

He was the only one who could save her.

After that, the warm light returned more and more often.

Every time it appeared, Lysander would draw a little closer. Step by step, under Mila's increasingly desperate gaze, he approached-closer and closer-until finally, he stood right in front of her.

Without a moment's hesitation, Mila threw herself at him. She wrapped her arms tightly around him, pressing her face against his, soaking up the warmth and the solid feel of a living, breathing body.

A real person.

She was no longer alone.

The touch sent shivers of relief and joy through her, bringing her to tears. She sobbed, "Say something. Please, Lysander, say something..."

She longed to hear his voice.

Lysander gazed at her quietly, then finally spoke, his voice low and deliberate. "Do you love me?"

The girl who had been clinging to him, kissing his face, running her hands over him-froze. Her eyes went blank with confusion, pain shot through her skull, and tears streamed down her cheeks, but she couldn't say a word.

She had waited so long for his voice, but now that she heard it, she couldn't process what he'd said, couldn't react.

What was she supposed to say?

right away, he pried her legs from around his waist, yanked her off, and tossed her to the floor. Ignoring her desperate pleas, he turned and walked

slammed shut behind

swallowed the room once

"Mila? Mila, wake up!"

was wet with tears, her

her was breaking, struggling, being

she not afraid? Why did pure happiness bloom somewhere

her

Her cheeks were streaked with tears, but she managed a smile, tried to say she was all

before she lost consciousness, the sound of her own weeping in her mind rose to a piercing wail,

if refusing

Meanwhile

a group of burly, rough-looking men arrived unexpectedly. At their head

if the family recognized the woman

showed a woman in profile—serene, soft smile, a grace that was impossible to

Mila.

The man quickly explained that she was his employer's wife, who'd had a falling out with

repeated assurances, the family finally nodded and

cash and supplies as thanks. Once they were outside, the leader

Harvey, we've

end said made him smirk. "Ms. Harvey, I wouldn't recommend making a move just yet. But now we know their destination. It's right on the border-dangerous place, plenty

long as the payment

the Harvey

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