"Hick! Lucas, what took you so long to find me? Do you know how scared I was?"

Lucas felt a huge weight lift off his chest when he saw Thalia. He did not want anything to happen to her because of him.

He did not push Thalia away but instead reached out and patted her shoulder.

"There, there. I found you. Everything's okay now."

Melody felt bitter when she saw how affectionately Lucas and Thalia embraced each other. It seemed they did not need her after all.

After comforting Thalia for a while, Lucas finally let her go. "Are you hurt?"

Thalia just said she did not know where she had run off to and then mentioned that her foot was a little sore.

"Your foot? Let me see if you sprained it."

might be a slight sprain.

flashlight when they started heading out. She leaned against a tree, unsure of how to react. Should she

and Thalia only for her to end up spraining her ankle, while they

had harshly scolded her,

of pain after

He had not brought any tools with him when he came in, so he could

afraid the injury

in the thicket hid her expression well, so no one could see

Lucas squatted, given how she was limping and

She could not help but feel excited. Holding her breath, she carefully climbed onto Lucas' back. "It's getting dark. It's not safe to stay

they could not linger any longer. Otherwise, both he and Thalia might struggle to get out. 'Melody was still waiting

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