“Don’t go, Deirdre.”

This was the first sentence Kyran typed after getting his phone.

Deirdre was dumbfounded for a moment. She did not know why he would say something like that.

“Go? I’ve always been here. I won’t leave your side.”

Kyran gazed deeply at Deirdre’s face, his eyes filled with despair. “I had a dream. In that dream, you chose to leave my side. You didn’t return to Alnwick but went to a place that I could not reach. I couldn't find you no matter how hard I tried to, and I had to live in remorse for the rest of my life.”

He stretched out his hand and held Deirdre's finger. His palm was warm as always, but his hand trembled slightly.

Apparently, he was scared.

He was scared of Deirdre leaving him.

Deirdre blinked blankly and said, “Kyran, it was just a dream. Besides, you didn't do anything to me, so why would I go to a place where you cannot find me?”

Kyran’s chest was heaving up and down vigorously as he tightened his grip. It took him a long while before he fi