Chapter 217

Bickering

What…?

Kathren had prepared for terrible pain.

But instead—

She opened her eyes, gasping.

A pair of sharply shaking eyes met hers.

Wet golden hair glimmered under the moonlight.

This man…!

Kathren stared blankly.

It was that irritating knight from when she first entered Blenheim.

“My name is Tiern Vieri.”

She even remembered him clearly stating his name when she had threatened he would pay later.

“What exactly are you doing?!”

His sharp voice rang in her ears.

“Were you trying to die?”

She really had almost died.

Kathren was too breathless to answer.

Tiern looked furious enough to eat her alive—

Yet still waited until she calmed down.

Her violently pounding heart slowly settled.

“…Put me down.”

Only then did Kathren regain herself and speak coldly.

“I have to let go before I can put you down.”

Only then did she notice—

Her hands were tightly clutching his…