My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 42
“Help me! My uncle’s gonna clobber me!”
She had just stepped into the foyer when Sebastian lunged into her arms, looking up just in time to lock eyes with a man wielding a golf club.
For a second, both froze.
Xan?
What was she doing here?
Orion? Here of all places!
Hold on!
Xanthea was stunned, gazing down at Sebastian, who clung tightly to her legs, then back up at the astonished Orion. Suddenly, it clicked.
Uncle?
Mr. Lockwood?

The most handsome man in the universe?
Could Orion be Sebastian’s uncle?
No wonder she felt a sense of familiarity the moment she first saw Sebastian. Looking closer, there was indeed a resemblance in their features, although their auras were worlds apart, which is why she hadn’t made the connection. Sebastian wasn’t kidding when he sang his praises!
“Orion? What a coincidence.”
Xanthea was the first to recover, flashing a smile that said fate works in mysterious ways. She pointed at the shiny golf club in his hand, “Planning to use that for what exactly?”
Her sudden appearance caught him off guard, his face still clouded with anger that hadn’t yet dissipated, mirrored by the menacing gleam of the titanium club.
“He was about to-”
Before Sebastian could finish, Orion cut him off, “It’s a gift for Seb.”
He lowered his gaze and gently placed the golf club back in its box.
When he looked up again, his stormy expression had cleared, replaced by a serene clarity, “Ms. Nightshade, what brings you here?”
The Thompson family’s staff and butlers were dumbstruck.
They had all braced for Orion’s thunderous wrath, assuming Sebastian was in for a
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beating. Yet, the mood shifted in an instant from a tempest to calm skies. Who was this girl who could sway Orion’s emotions so effortlessly?
Previously, even when Sebastian had made serious mistakes, not even his parents could prevent Orion from meting out discipline. Yet here was this girl, who needed only a glance to do so!
Sebastian was also stunned; he had merely hoped the lovely lady would buy him some time, but she actually managed to make his uncle put down his weapon!
She truly was his guardian angel!
“I got lost playing outside today, and this lovely lady brought me back!”