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

me. “The patient has a steel rebar

lodged deep.”

you sure you can handle this? The patient might die

steadily. “Can you

silent, stepping back further from

Sophia, prepare for emergency healing,” I commanded.

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Chapter 2: The Rejection

flushed with annoyance. “I need to comfort the family,”

room.

and major blood vessels. The steel rebar had missed the critical areas

I announced

removed the steel rebar

to handle

present.

dusk approached, the patient’s vital signs finally stabilized.

everyone,” I said, exhaustion

the successful healing spread quickly through

our team’s skill.

patient’s family while I

in his voice. This is exactly why we

leaned forward, trying once more. “Please reconsider your transfer.

deserve talent like yours.”

head firmly. “I’ve already made my decision, Director. But I promise to

emergencies.

my door is always open if you change your

director’s office, I saw Marcus

the healing room?” Marcus asked

her? I was

embarrassed your colleague. That was

tightened. He was here for Sophia, not to

on that case. I had

hardened. “And I have the right to replace you if

When

transfer decision. His threats

to change things. Then change

at me intently, something shifting in his golden

formally in public, never in private moments like

me?” he asked, his voice

calmly. “Isn’t that what

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