Chapter 128

• Enzo moved Anna behind him and tried to position her out of sight without making it seem obvious. She noticed a bit of his own panic seep through his gaze. This all happened because of her. If she hadn’t come on this trip, she couldn’t have been kidnapped and Enzo wouldn’t have been in trouble with his own people for letting Lucas stay. Always her fault, wasn’t it? “Don’t think you need to be a hero for me today, Anna. You being here is enough and I know how to handle them when they’re like this. Don’t worry for me, promise?.” Enzo whispered.
• Anna didn’t get a chance to respond before he turned to face the arriving carriages with the rest of the villagers. As it was, none of them wanted to leave Enzo’s side. They cared too much about their kind leader and Anna was glad of that at least. He was a great man to be loyal to. She almost thought the same of Lucas before he left. But now wasn’t a time to dwell on that, she should have known better.
• At the front of the crowd was a man with grey and black hair that was tied back in a bun on his head. He looked a bit older than Enzo and a bit shorter too. Was this the man that Anna had heard in his office earlier? It had to be.