When They Beg, I Rise!

"Lucian."

"Be good!"

Evelina, though reluctant, had no choice but to leave.

Lucian gave the school doctor before him another look. There was something about his aura that screamed he wasn't just anybody. "Where's Lemmy?" Lucian asked.

"I'm under no obligation to tell you. But she's under my watch, and I don't want you doing anything that could harm her before her exams."

"What do you mean by 'harming Lemmy'? She's my sister; I would never hurt her. You, on the other hand, a mysterious school doctor, what do you want with her?" Lucian found this doctor intriguingly odd.

Orion's gaze was icy, sharp as a blade, "That's none of your concern."

"Lemira is my sister, why wouldn't it be my concern?"

Lucian remembered how this same man had called the cops last time, forcing Alaric to move out and stay away from Lemira.

Lucian,

opened,

quickly said, "Manager, there's a suspicious person here." He hoped to

and turned to Lucian, "Mr. Langston, our diner has closed for the night, please leave." Lucian looked at Orion, "What about

please," the manager didn't answer Lucian's

into the elevator, Lucian watched Orion, who

making it

When had she gotten

this man who gave Lemira the courage to stand up to her

coming on. He needed to dig into Orion's background.

had to sort this out fast. Pulling out his phone, he found that Lemira hadn't answered his calls

and then looked up to see Orion walking out of the elevator, his

ago, when Orion said they would leave, they did. For

of her, "Just made a call

to secure a membership here and