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"You shouldn't have... jumped into the fight like that... ggrr." Verak sat down on the grass, his back leaning against the tree trunk.

His hand was pressed to his side, face twisted in a grimace of pain.

"If I hadn’t, you could’ve ended up dead," Nana replied, unbuttoning his shirt to check his wound.

As much as it hurt his pride and he wanted to lash out at her, Verak had to admit Nana had saved his life.

Something was poking right near his heart, and he suspected it was the tip of a