"Excuse me," said a voice coming from behind me. "Lae?"
I turned around to find the two people I'd been eager to meet standing behind me. "Thomas! Isleen!" I exclaimed in excitement as I stood up and faced them. "I've been looking for you."
"For me?" Thomas looked at me in surprise.
"Of course. For both of you."
"For me, too?" asked Isleen. She bared the same expression as Thomas.
My brow furrowed at their reactions. "What's wrong with you two? We haven't seen each other for only a month, but you've already acted so distant."
"I-I thought you'd hate me. I thought you didn't want to see me," said Thomas in a low voice as he looked at the ground.
"Me, too. I didn't do my job properly. I failed to escort you to your castle, putting you in danger," said Isleen with tears in her e
