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

with a

“The patient has a steel

lodged deep.”

you sure you can

gaze steadily. “Can you do

fell silent, stepping back further

emergency healing,”

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Chapter 2: The Rejection

“I need to comfort the family,” she said

room.

examined the patient carefully, checking for damage to the brainstem and major blood vessels. The steel rebar had missed the

save him,” I announced to my

lasted five hours. We carefully removed the steel rebar and performed skull reconstruction using moonlight

through, unable to handle the intensity.

present.

vital signs finally stabilized. The healing room

said, exhaustion weighing on

through the institute. Another life saved,

our team’s skill.

other healers informed the patient’s family while I

he said, genuine admiration in his voice. This is exactly why

once more. “Please reconsider your

deserve talent like yours.”

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

emergencies.

sighed, reluctantly accepting defeat. “Very well. But my door is

saw Marcus walking toward me

target Sophia in the healing room?”

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

your colleague. That

here for Sophia,

healer on that case. I had every

have the right to replace you if you

the institute. When Sophia returned, he had placed her in our institute despite her inferior

my transfer decision.

to change

froze. He stared at me intently,

in public, never

me?” he asked, his voice

replied calmly. “Isn’t that what you

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