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 a

approached me. “The patient has a steel

lodged deep.”

you can handle this? The patient might

met her gaze steadily. “Can you do it if I

stepping back further from the

for emergency healing,” I commanded. “We’re starting

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Chapter 2: The Rejection

need to comfort

room.

checking for damage to the brainstem and major blood vessels. The steel

can save him,” I

We carefully removed the steel

unable to handle the intensity. Her humiliation was obvious to

present.

the patient’s vital signs finally stabilized.

work, everyone,” I said, exhaustion weighing

quickly through

our team’s skill.

the patient’s family

he said, genuine admiration in his voice. This

reconsider your

deserve talent like yours.”

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

emergencies.

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

office, I saw Marcus walking toward me down

Sophia in the

was stunned. “Target her? I was saving a

your colleague.

chest tightened. He was here for Sophia, not to congratulate me on

that case. I had every

right to replace you if

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

transfer decision. His

to change things. Then change

at me intently, something shifting in his

“Alpha” formally in public, never in

did you call me?” he asked, his

what

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