Zion stiffened at her words. A pang of jealousy twisted in his chest, knowing that Levi once shared those moments with her. At the same time, guilt washed over him. He remembered how Addison had supported him for so long while he fought at the frontlines, yet he had been too blind and foolish to truly see her worth back then.
Knowing this, Zion smiled wryly as they pressed on.
It took them another two days of traveling at their fastest pace, stopping only to feed and rest the horses when necessary before continuing forward. When they finally reached the frontline where the mages were holding back the locusts, the mages who had managed to recuperate during the rough journey stepped out of the carriage and took over maintaining the barrier.
Meanwhile, the exhausted mages who had been sustaining it for so long were finally able to rest, while Addison and the others busied themselves helping with the harvest.
