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

lodged deep.”

you sure you can handle this? The

her gaze steadily. “Can you do

fell silent, stepping back

except Sophia, prepare for emergency healing,”

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Chapter 2: The Rejection

face flushed with annoyance. “I need to comfort

room.

major blood

him,” I announced to

removed the steel rebar and performed skull reconstruction using moonlight

unable to handle

present.

signs finally stabilized. The healing room erupted

I said, exhaustion weighing

spread quickly through the institute.

our team’s skill.

patient’s family while I went to Director

said, genuine admiration in his voice. This is

leaned forward, trying once more. “Please reconsider your transfer. The Riverstone Medical Center

deserve talent like yours.”

my decision, Director. But I promise to

emergencies.

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

the director’s office, I saw Marcus walking toward me

in the

was stunned. “Target her? I was saving

embarrassed your colleague. That was

Sophia, not to congratulate

that case. I had every right

hardened. “And I have the right

institute. When Sophia returned, he had placed

transfer decision. His threats meant

always wants to change things. Then

smile froze. He stared at me intently, something shifting in his golden

formally in public, never in private moments like

you call me?” he asked, his voice

“Isn’t that what you want me to call

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