Never See You Again

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Chapter 316

The warmth of sticky blood, the chill of the surgical knife, and the sharp scent of disinfectant–Maeve felt as though she was reliving her own

death.

“Did you have a nightmare?” It was Zion’s deep voice. Maeve realized that she had been leaning against his shoulder.

“I fell asleep…” Maeve’s eyes felt heavy with exhaustion.

Philip’s surgery wasn’t over yet. Zion said calmly, “I’ll take you home. My people will still be here keeping watch.”

Maeve shook her head, “I’m afraid that something will happen to Uncle Phil.”

Philip was her only family left in the world.

Zion lightly tapped Maeve on the forehead. She rubbed her head and asked, “Why did you hit me

“Go home and rest. I’ll bring you back early in the morning.”

“Bur—”

won’t help. Besides, after the surgery, Mr. Scott will need to rest too,”

“But-”

“No buts “Zio

Maeve knew that he was being as gentle as he could be.

noticed that they weren’t heading to her house but to Zion’s “I can go

is closer to the hospital. It’ll be easier to go back there

speak, so she just leaned back and closed her

opened her eyes to see Zion’s face close to hers. Instinctively, she

her in a low voice.

ringing. She pulled it out and saw that it was Zayla calling.

She answered, “What’s

up?”

Mr. James has been taken

“What?”

until Zayla repeated, “Mr. James has been taken

froze. “Sergio

Mr. James in the basement. Then, he dragged Mr. James

don’t know what happened! I just knew that I