Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 1039:

Their healing would still come, just at a slower pace.

Maia noticed that Hurst’s concern was sincere. Even without the therapeutic meals, the doctors’ care and the nurses’ attention should allow the two children to leave the hospital within two weeks.

Due to the therapeutic meals Chris carefully prepared, Maia regained her strength at a remarkable pace. Almost all signs of her injuries had faded, though her right hand sometimes betrayed her with an odd tremor.

Maia knew without doubt that the tendons and bones had taken the worst of the damage. That punch she landed on Tyrant carried every bit of force she had, and she never foresaw the cost it would bring to her hand.

With Lenny’s arrival in Wront, she resolved to keep the injury hidden from him. She refused to let him shoulder needless worry or alter his training schedule on her account.

Finding a way to silence the tremor had now turned into a challenge Maia needed to face at once.

At that moment, Maia lingered in the corridor of the hospital. Her fingers tightened and released in rhythm, as if willing her hand to remember its proper strength.

behind, Chris’ deep

turned to face him. “Chris, you don’t need

quiet grace, even as she kept

tangle of emotions,

a sudden, Maia spoke again, her words gentle and her expression bright

in her clear eyes as she added, “Chris, would you

the request stirred

were a mix of diverse and unpredictable elements and

no chance he would allow his

question her, he said gently, “No matter the place, I’ll

her

her release from the hospital. Before reaching it, Chris halted abruptly, his attention locked on a