Chapter 345

She had always been there.

She watched as the girl's silhouette faded into the distance.

The darkness that had clouded her vision dissolved, replaced by a bracing chill in the air. Overhead, the sky shimmered with a river of stars. She tilted her head back and laughed, refusing to let the tears fall.

The Milky Way was dazzling.

Unable to contain herself, she stretched her arms wide, filling her lungs with the crisp, free air, and burst into laughter. She ran, nimble and wild, over the scattered stones of the hillside, her deep red cloak whipping in the wind, vivid and alive beneath the starlit sky, blazing like a phoenix in full flame.

Her soul soared. Mila laughed, and as she laughed, tears spilled down her cheeks tears of irrepressible joy.

"Ha... haha..."

"Hahaha! I'm Mila! I'm Mila-did you hear me? I am Mila!"

She ran through the empty fields, shouting her name into the night.

The wind roared across the land, tugging gently at her hair and cloak as if answering her her laughter chased by the wind, echoing across the hills and valleys.

...

"Cousin!"

and you were gone-my

boy spinning circles around her, cutting off his

anything to

In the dining hall-

ribs, elegant yet quick, and couldn't shake

head doesn't

her head, too busy

"Your appetite's back, too?"

the past few days, Mila had barely

back from a run. I'm

"Are you nuts?!"

you worried about altitude sickness coming back? How are you better

"Doctor? Incense?"

clawing at her stomach, and

the traveling doctor had

illness and... I don't know, it was creepy. What did you

Mila blinked in surprise.

scent. Where's the

Archie shook his head.

you that night and left right after. Said something about meeting again

suddenly remembered, pulling a small paper packet from his pocket and handing it to her. "The doctor left this for you said to take one pill after every meal, and when you're done, you'll

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