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"I-I don’t know," she stuttered, eyeing me with utter confusion "Sh-she wanted to be alone and went out for a walk"

Having no ti the streets of the Vale in search of her Humans noticed me as I rushed by, and soe their existence I just continued forging ahead, searching for the girl I loved Where would she have gone?

Derek

I couldn’t ungluefro in the clearing and e-lost son

I had already verified with Sofia, Rose and Vivienne several times that they could see him and this was not a side effect of Herbert’s excursion into ining the three woht now I had no choice but to accept the sight before me

We had just seen my son returned from the dead, then Kailyn, and now… here was Lucas

We remained rooted to the spot at a distance while Lucas and Jeramiah embraced Then, when they finally drew apart, I heard my older brother’s voice for the first time in almost twenty years

"I’m sorry," he told his son

His voice sent chills downback a swathe of memories Then I frowned In all the centuries I’d known him, I could count on one hand the number of times I’d heard him say, "I’m sorry" That these were the first words to escape his lips was… jarring

"How are you here?" Jera "Is this… is this real?" Clearly, likedoubts that this wasn’t all just the work of the ghoul

"It’s real," Lucas nize me?" Jeraround "I did know about you," he replied in a low voice

It looked like every muscle in Jeramiah’s body tensed

Lucas breathed out deeply "I even knew that your nant," he went on "And I… I tracked you dohen you were a boy Though you never saw me, there were some years when I watched over you"

Lucas’ admission dropped like a bombshell on Vivienne and me--he kept his son a secret froine what Jera inside

"But it’s not true," Jeramiah denied forcefully "M-Mother said--"