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

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

lodged deep.”

her face pale. “Elena, are you sure you can handle this? The patient

gaze steadily. “Can you do it if I

fell silent, stepping back further

prepare for emergency healing,”

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Chapter 2: The Rejection

to comfort the family,”

room.

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

can save him,” I

steel rebar and performed skull reconstruction using

handle the intensity. Her humiliation was obvious

present.

signs finally stabilized.

I said, exhaustion weighing on

healing spread quickly through the institute. Another life saved, another testament

our team’s skill.

the patient’s family while

his

more. “Please reconsider your

deserve talent like yours.”

already made my decision, Director. But I promise to help if

emergencies.

defeat. “Very well. But my door

Marcus walking toward me down the

target Sophia in the

I was

embarrassed your colleague. That

was here for Sophia, not to

healer on that case. I had every right to make those

right to replace you if you

Marcus was the biggest investor in the institute. When Sophia returned, he had placed her in our

reminded myself of my transfer decision.

always wants to change things. Then change

stared at me intently, something shifting

in public, never in

did you call me?” he asked,

that what you want me to

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