My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 45

“Are you making fun of me?”

Orion shook his head, “Not at all.”

“Yes, you were!” Sebastian caught him red-handed, while Xanthea playfully pinched his cheek, “And you, have you always been this cheeky?”

“What can I say? There isn’t any other way to put it!”

Xanthea teased, “Is there a chance it was ‘I performed ballet for the principal”?”

Sebastian looked puzzled, “But I can’t ballet.”

“It’s not about whether you can dance or not.” Xanthea furrowed her brows, “Just write it down!.”

a bit more work. Let’s

“Oh, I love

16, set it up column-style. If 5

scratched his head,

1 from the 7, and that’s what we called ‘subtraction with borrowing’.

she could finish, Sebastian interrupted, puzzled,

is

what if 7 doesn’t

was almost questioning her own hearing as she stared at him like he was being

laughter echoed from above, sounding like mockery. Just moments ago, Xanthea

if Sebastian really was Orion’s nephew. They say nephews are supposed to resemble their

in Crestwood knew Orion was a once-in-a-century genius, and Sebastian was certainly

prove herself, Xanthea pressed on to the next question, “You must