Chapter 325. Threat

JASON

I didn’t wait for her to keep talking. I jumped on her and hugged her without thinking twice. I didn’t want to wait; I didn’t have the patience. Because the weasel could show up at any moment and I was afraid it would hurt her.

“You have to trust me,” I told her, looking into her eyes. “This is something I have to do.”

Lucero saw the gleam in my eyes, understanding what this was all about. Then, all her faith in Tachje and what she believed seemed to vanish. She hugged me tighter, as if she never wanted to let go. Fear was etched on her face and she let out a sob, thinking that I was going to war, that maybe I wouldn’t come back home alive.

Her fear was understandable, they had no idea what was going to happen. Although I didn’t either. I didn’t know the creature; it was a mystery to me what it came to do.

“Promise me you won’t die. That you won’t leave without saying goodbye and that you’ll let me know everything,” she ordered, holding me by the