Raegan shifted her gaze back to Henley and worriedly asked, "Henley, how are you feeling?"

Henley mustered a smile, but blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. The severity of his internal injuries, if any, remained unknown.

"I'm fine... If something happens to me, can you take care of my parents?

"You'll be fine!" Raegan firmly disagreed with tears cascading down her cheeks.

“Henley, you're going to be okay. I know it..."

Raegan's mind remained hazy. Exhaustion had overwhelmed her, and she teetered on the brink of surrender. Tessa's knife had left a cut on her skin.

At that critical moment, Henley had appeared out of nowhere. He had charged at Tessa, and both of them had tumbled down the stairs.

ALL Raegan saw was the blood spattered across the floor. She had feared the worst for Henley, and the thought of him dead because of her brought her to the edge of despair.

Eventually, she found the strength to crawl down the stairs.

There, she found Henley, still conscious, though injured. Relief flooded through her upon learning he had survived.

Raegan would never forgive herself if anything had happened to Henley on her account.

But soon, relief gave way to Lingering fear.

It had been such a narrow escape! Just a matter of inches!

She was so close to death. Had it not been for Henley's prompt rescue, she would have been the one lying there motionless, and her face would have been beyond recognition.

Mitchel, who was silently watching Raegan break into sobs for Henley, felt a profound weight on his heart.

Ever since she had disappeared, his heart had been in a constant state of unrest and unable to find peace.

When he thought the miserable body on the ground was Raegan, he felt as though an invisible giant hand was tearing his heart apart, and the pain still lingered.

Only God knew the overwhelming relief and joy he felt upon seeing her alive and with only a few minor injuries at most. How he wished he could hold her in a tight hug.

But what about her?

Her gaze was fixed solely on Henley. Not once did she shift her gaze toward him all the while.