Thaddeus didn’t have time to dwell on the shock.

The cliff beneath him was collapsing!

“Ilana! Quick!”

In his panic, Thaddeus blurted out a name he hadn’t spoken in years.

Evadne’s pupils shrunk as her heart pounding wildly.

This call mysteriously injected her with a strange strength that allowed her to scramble to the edge of the cliff at the last moment, throwing herself into Thaddeus‘ arms.

With a tightening grip, he held her as tight as he could.

Boom!

In the last second before the collapse, Thaddeus shielded Evadne with his body and rolled away at an incredible speed, narrowly escaping disaster.

“Uh!” He grunted in pain as his back slammed into a rock. The impact sent a cold sweat down his face, quickly blending with the rain.

“Are you hurt?” Evadne lifted her head from his chest, her eyes filled with worry as she looked at his pale face.

“No.” Thaddeus suppressed the pain, not giving away any signs of discomfort in his deep voice.

Evadne, still shaken, let her soaked body collapse against his heaving chest, taking a deep breath.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Thaddeus looked at her, his wet lashes heavy upon his eyes, his voice hoarse.

“What?” Evadne’s heart fluttered as she avoided his intense gaze.

“Why didn’t you tell me our first encounter was thirteen years ago? Why didn’t you tell me you were the girl I saved here all those years ago?”

the words out between his heavy breaths. The intense bitterness and heartache intermingled, threatening to

and her face turned

he suddenly called her llana? Was it

remember

come thirteen years

far too late. She would rather he

me, Evadne. Speak

his emotions, Thaddeus gripped Evadne’s chin, forcing her to

would marry you in the name of Ilana, do you remember?” Evadne looked at him with dark eyes, her

face changed, her piercing words causing him

He, of course, remembered.

She didn’t respond so he gave

as a joke, would appear in his life again thirteen years

kept it a secret,

like

hoped that you would. After all, I was always

Thaddeus‘ breath hitched.

guilty. He saved her, yes, but he also

for thirteen years, yet he turned his back

his world, but he coldly shut her out,

“I’m sorry.”

genuinely didn’t know that

you knew, you would

laughed, letting go of her regrets. She had no lingering attachment to him, ‘Whether I am Evadne or llana, it’s just a name. It doesn’t change the relationship between us. And, you don’t need to apologize. Instead, I should be thanking you. After you saved me, you left. I didn’t know your name, your

the case, why did you marry

Thaddeus wanted to know. It was the thought that had been tormenting him for so long, “Just because I saved you? Because I did

What’s the point of dwelling on a marriage

as if closing the door to her heart that had just slightly opened. She shivered, “Now is not the time

momentarily agreed to a truce. Both were somewhat injured and

was already broken and Thaddeus‘ phone

we’re on the wrong side of Misty Mountain, otherwise, we would

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