Yves knew it would come to this—the moment when everything would catch up to him. He just did not expect that Alterain would be the one pushing him into it.
Maybe it's for the best, the farther we are to this village, the lesser the chances he'll know about Alterain. I'm still afraid of him finding out about him…Yves pondered.
As soon as he stepped away from the stream where he had confronted Alterain, he decided to get back home and pack his personal belongings.
That night, Yves disappeared again. It wasn't the first time he'd vanished, but this time it wasn't out of anger or spite.
It was fear. He couldn't bear the idea of Alterain learning about Reinhart, the secret he had kept so carefully guarded for the past three years. Alterain already knew too much—more than Yves wanted him to—but Reinhart was something else entirely.
