Chapter 74 - I missed you (1) (1/2)

Chapter 74 – I missed you (1)

Translator: SKAIS Editor: Dict Groiler

Brother. It was my brother.

It was the one word that made me want to bleach my hair all over, or even rip it out of my head. For a moment I hesitated.

I must’ve misheard. Surely I didn’t hear right…

But the more I struggled, the more it became clear that I had been correct.

But brother?

This was my brother?

I could feel the tip of my fingers beginning to shake at the thought. I could hear my heartbeat echoing in my eardrums.

Why is he here? Is he really? Or am I only dreaming he was?

It was confusing, drowning even, my head felt like it was spinning around in circles. But I also knew there could only be one person who would call me in such a manner…

So sweetly…

So affectionately…

It was him, truly, my brother.

No one else could tell me otherwise, for I have read the letters.

My chest tightened up, my finger began to numb. I know why I’m so nervous to see him.

For while I stayed inside the prison, I had been acting with my own volition. What I wanted, I’d do, what I wished, I’d ask. No questions were asked, no refusals were made…

Simply because I knew I was with the people who didn’t know the real Iana. But now, there was such a person here with me…

What would happen to me now that this person could tell me apart from the real one?

I swallowed the lump in my throat involuntarily. Cold sweat forming on my temples.

“Surprised?” he asked, slow and cautious. I could feel my breath begin to shudder, as my eyes darted nervously around beneath my eyelids.

The only silver lining I could see in this situation was that he was behind me right now, and could not see my expression becoming so unhinged, which included my nervous swallowing.

Time kept ticking the more I could not voice out my reply, and I eventually opened my mouth…

“Th-that… uh…”

I couldn’t form the words. I didn’t know what to say.

His sudden presence rendered me speechless that I couldn’t summon an answer. Before I knew it, I could feel a warm breath hit my ear as he spoke once more…

I could imagine he had to dip his head to have spoken right next to my ear. Just thinking about his proximity made me want to shrink into myself, even as I felt my voice get caught in my throat.

“Iana.” he spoke once more. His voice sounded so smooth, so cool, his tone deep and beautiful. It was so sweet, I could feel the sound sending tingles in my ears.

“Are we on speaking terms now, Iana?”

My skin ran cold, I could feel the new chill run up my spine when he asked me that.