Tobias
“You found me?” I repeated, the words stiff in my throat.
Vanessa’s smile froze in place. Just for a second. A flicker of something in her eyes—guilt, hesitation, maybe panic—betrayed her before she smoothed it away.
“Well,” she said slowly, setting down her fork, “I mean… I was the one who discovered you, yes.”
My blood turned to ice. “Vanessa. Don’t play games. You just said that moment—the bear trap, the field, my leg—you said that moment is when you knew we were meant to be. That you saved me.”
She let out a light laugh, but it was paper-thin. “Tobias, come on, does it really matter? You were hurt, and I stayed with you until help arrived—”
“No.” I leaned forward, voice like a growl. “Don’t deflect. You didn’t get me out of that trap. You didn’t wrap my leg. Did you?”
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