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?”

breaths. The intense bitterness and heartache intermingled,

face turned white

suddenly called her llana? Was it because

remember

did his realization come

too late. She would rather he never remembered who

Evadne.

Thaddeus gripped Evadne’s

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

face changed, her piercing words

He, of course, remembered.

name. She didn’t respond so he gave her a

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

kept it a secret, never letting

like

would. After all, I was always just

Thaddeus‘ breath hitched.

anything wrong, he felt guilty. He saved her,

girl had been thinking about him for thirteen years, yet he turned his back on

coldly shut her out,

“I’m sorry.”

choked, “I genuinely didn’t know that you were

you knew, you would

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 identity, and never got the chance to

the case, why did you

It was the thought that had been tormenting

doesn’t matter, Thaddeus. It’s all in the past. What’s the point of dwelling on

as if closing the door to her heart that had just slightly opened. She shivered, “Now is not the time to talk about this. I’m

agreed to a truce. Both were somewhat injured

and Thaddeus‘

the wrong side of Misty Mountain, otherwise, we would have cell signal.” Gasping

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