Chapter 2: The Rejection

Chapter 2: The Rejection

Chapter 2: The Rejection.

(Elena’s POV)

For a moment, hope flickered in my chest. Was he refusing because he cared about me?

“My grandmother wouldn’t agree either, Marcus continued coldly. “Don’t even think about it.”

The door slammed shut behind him. I stood there, feeling a crushing weight in my heart. My previous thought was laughable.

He wasn’t refusing for me. He was refusing because of his grandmother. But I knew something he didn’t Margaret had already agreed to the bond severance.

The next morning, Catherine Hayes arrived as usual. Marcus was already gone.

I ate breakfast alone, trying to appear unaffected by his absence. The silence in the dining room felt heavier

than usual.

Catherine moved through the estate, cleaning with her usual efficiency. She paused in the Great Hall, looking

around with confusion.

“Luna, why are so many things missing from the estate?”

I forced a smile. “I threw away some old and unimportant things.”

Catherine nodded, not pressing further. But her observant eyes lingered on me with concern.

At noon, my phone rang. Director Henry Baker’s urgent voice filled the line.

“Elena, we need you immediately. Critical healing session.”

“What happened?”

“Construction worker fell from a building site. Steel rebar through the skull. The healer skilled in cranial healing is away. Only you can perform this.”

I grabbed my medical bag and rushed to the Northern Territory Central Healing Institute. The healing room

was filled with tension and the metallic smell of blood.

Sophia was already there, standing far from the patient’s bed.

Unlike the other healers examining the patient, Sophia couldn’t bear to get close. She kept gagging, covering

mouth with

approached me. “The patient has a steel rebar penetrating through his

lodged deep.”

pale. “Elena, are you sure you can handle this? The patient might die if you

“Can you do it if

silent, stepping back further from

prepare for emergency

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Chapter 2: The Rejection

need to comfort the

room.

checking for damage to the brainstem and major

can save him,” I announced

removed the steel rebar and performed

halfway through, unable to handle the intensity. Her humiliation was obvious to

present.

finally stabilized. The healing room erupted in

I said,

healing spread quickly through

our team’s skill.

healers informed the patient’s family while I went to Director Baker’s

in his voice. This is exactly why we need you

reconsider your transfer. The

deserve talent like yours.”

my head firmly. “I’ve already made my decision, Director. But I promise to help if you need me

emergencies.

well. But my door is always open if you change

office, I saw Marcus walking

the healing room?” Marcus asked without

was stunned. “Target her? I was saving a patient’s

your

for Sophia, not

healer on that case. I had

hardened. “And I have the right

investor in the institute. When Sophia

reminded myself of my transfer decision. His threats

wants to change things. Then

froze. He stared at me intently, something shifting in

called him “Alpha” formally in

he asked,

what you want me to call

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