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.

and

Yellowstone

a large bungalow at the end

They finally made it!

off Joshua’s back in excitement and immediately

their way here, Luna

hike up here, so Luna was confident that Fiona could not have possibly

any forced entry. Therefore, Luna was sure that

saw them: she would brag

villa, there

house was silent

were not for the 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, no evidence of a

Luna had tried to call to no avail—was placed

made Luna’s heart drop. If Granny Lynch had brought the children out, it was impossible that they would

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