Luna had no excuse to refuse Joshua’s offer. She let out an exhale, lowered herself down, and got onto Joshua’s back.

Lucas witnessed with his own eyes the way Joshua’s movements turned gentle as he straightened up with Luna on his back.

Joshua had never acted so gently toward anyone before, whether it was Alice or Fiona.

Carrying Luna on his back, Joshua started to make his way up the slope. He held onto Luna carefully through the few kilometers’ journey and dared not make a single misstep.

Luna noticed that the rest had slowed down and could not stop herself from asking, “Joshua, why don’t you put me down? I can walk by myself for a bit.“

The puddles of water were shallower the closer they got to the village, so even if she walked by herself, the dirty water would not seep into her wounds.

Since Lucas and the rest were already exhausted, Joshua had to be just as tired.

“I can still go on.“ Joshua curled his lips into a smirk. Then, he quickened his pace as though trying to prove his strength.

this and had no choice but to

arrived at Yellowstone Village, the place where Granny Lynch grew

they stepped foot in the village, they caught sight of a large bungalow at the end of the end.

They finally made it!

off Joshua’s back in excitement and immediately sprinted toward

run into Fiona on their way here, Luna guessed that Fiona had

here, so Luna was confident

a single trace of any forced entry. Therefore, Luna was sure that she

the children as soon as she saw them: she would brag to them about how impressive Joshua’s SUVs were and how quickly they had rushed to the scene to

she entered the villa, there

house was silent and

backpacks in the living room, which Luna recognized as Nigel and Nellie’s, she would have thought she had entered the wrong house. There were no signs of forced entry,

Lynch’s phone—the same one Luna had tried to call to no avail—was placed on the coffee

had brought the children out, it

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