The dazzling snow had freshly fallen; cold and powdery ice went up to her knees. As they navigated through the forest, she tried to remember whether to turn right or left when she returns to destroy that place. Prince Song also took note because he would like to investigate the hideout.
"Yoona?" he broke their undiluted silence as he reached to hold her shoulder. "What were you doing in that hideout?" She stopped in her tracks, her gaze unwaveringly fixed on him.
"You weren't there to save me? How did you find me if it wasn't the emperor who sent you?"
The absurdity of the unexpected question unsettled her as she thought he was sent specifically to find her.
"The emperor? why would my brother send me to find you?" he paused as realization dawned on him, fear and disbelief battled fiercely in his mind. It can't be, right?
"Do you know my brother?" his heart pulsated feverishly in his chest, his palms sweaty as he hoped she was not the Yoona his brother sent him to find?