120. Snow

"Is it you?" Violet stared intently at the man's face, afraid that she would misrecognize him.

But the grin on his face did prove that he was the Nicholas she knew, blood running down his jaw to his neck. Claida's corpse lay in a state that was horrible to behold. The man tried to block the gruesome sight with his body so that she wouldn't have to look.

"How could there be anyone this handsome beside me? It's me," the man said proudly.

It was only when he said that, Violet could be sure that he was Nicholas. The man saved her life from the witch's attack, Violet's heart was still beating fast considering that only moments ago she could have lost her life.

"You saved me from her, thank you Nich" she no longer knew how to express her gratitude.

"You, being in this forest alone? Did you deliberately want to feed yourself to them?" Nicholas asked.

He was taking a walk on the border when he saw the girl entering Silverfur forest territory alone.

At first, he didn't believe his vision