Anila's POV

"What... What did you say?" I could feel my body trembling. This was the most terrifying news I had heard.

"Garrett convinced all these five years that you're not dead." Johnny continued, "He thinks you were just injured and missing. He believed he could get information through me, so he had people watching me all day."

He found a chair and sat down, his expression grim. "So, I never had a chance to come and find you..."

Part of the reason I stayed in this village was to wait for Johnny. I thought he gave up on me, but it turned out to be for this reason. "How...