Chapter 468

Norah didn’t wake up immediately, but Jace kept whispering in her ear, repeating his words until she finally stirred. Her eyes fluttered open, and she saw Jace hovering over her. Her vision cleared, and she managed to speak, her voice weak. “Jace, let’s… Where are we?”

Jace didn’t answer right away. His lips were pressed into a tight line, his expression serious. When they had first reunited, he’d thought Norah had lost her memory entirely. But now, he realized something far more troubling—her memories were distorted, fragmented.

“We’re in a cave,” Jace finally said, his voice steady but heavy. “You have a fever, and I couldn’t keep carrying you. Norah, look at me. There’s something important I need to tell you.”

He released her shoulders but stayed close, his gaze intense. The weight of his tone and the gravity in his eyes made Norah realize this wasn’t going to be easy to hear. “Jace, what is it?” she asked, her voice trembling slightly.

Jace hesitated, then took a deep breath. “Norah, we met because you came to the lab…”

He began to explain, recounting how Norah had appeared in the slave camp, dressed in a pristine white princess dress, like an angel amidst the chaos. She had protected him and Karina, standing out like a beacon of hope in that grim place. As the eldest daughter of Pharaoh, no one dared to touch her. She had tried to shield others, but the horrors of the camp were too vast for one person to combat.