"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."

not seriously injured, Lucas led her back. "It might be a slight sprain. We'll have a doctor look at it when we

She leaned against a tree, unsure of how to react. Should she stay hidden or make herself known

running into the forest out of worry for Lucas and Thalia only for her to end up spraining

had harshly scolded her, leaving her

after taking just a

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

I'm afraid the injury on my ankle might

but the shadows in the thicket hid her expression well, so

squatted, given how

him. 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

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 waiting outside, and she'd be scared alone...'

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