"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."

checking and making sure she was not seriously injured, Lucas led her back. "It might be a slight sprain. We'll have a doctor look at

already turned off her flashlight when they started heading out. She leaned against a tree, unsure of how to react. Should she stay hidden or

felt absurd for running into the forest out of worry for Lucas and Thalia only for her

had harshly

of pain after taking just a

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

out? I'm afraid the injury on my ankle might worsen if I

appeared somewhat embarrassed, but the shadows in the thicket hid her expression well, so no one

squatted, given how she was limping and

could not help but feel excited. Holding her breath, she carefully climbed onto

watched as the forest grew darker and knew they could not linger any longer. Otherwise, both he and Thalia might struggle to get out. 'Melody was still

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