Chapter 45. Take Back

Throughout a single night, Hubert shifted restlessly in search of a comfortable position, only to accidentally bump into Theodore lying beside him. Theodore, asleep, a slumbering zombie, a strange sight indeed. The collision roused him, his eyes heavy with sleep gazing at Hubert.

"What’s the matter, sleep not treating you well?"

Theodore’s arm encircled Hubert’s waist, a comforting massage on his hip, but Hubert refused to respond. He was annoyed. This brother had dragged him to this oppressive heat for over a dozen hours and dared to ask if he slept well. Indeed, the heartless zombie. Theodore, unable Hubert’s vexation, decided to Theodore change the subject.

"When you wish to return to the gathering place, I’ll take you there."

"Return? To the gathering place?"

Hubert had initially thought Theodore intended to keep him captive forever, so it was unexpected to hear him offer to let him go, even more so, to take him back pe