The old Zion she knew would never have cared about her feelings, much less tried to ease them. Yet now, hearing him struggle to reach her, she felt a small warmth flicker in her chest.
"Alright then… tell me what you meant about seeing Greg?" she quickly added, changing the subject before the heavy atmosphere could linger any longer.
Zion, without shifting their position, tightened his embrace and pulled her closer. "When you asked me to scout the area for our temporary settlement, I sensed rogues sneaking near the border and decided to follow them."
"That's when I saw a familiar gray wolf, the same one who led hundreds of death warriors to trap us and drove us into the Forbidden Forest, where we found the black fairies and the light fairy."
