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.

his pocket, looked disdainfully at Lucian, "Look after your adopted sister

the elevator doors opened, and a middle-aged man stepped

He hoped to learn more about the school doctor from

turned to Lucian, "Mr. Langston, our diner has closed for the night, please leave." Lucian

Langston, right this way, please," the manager didn't

watched Orion, who stood still, his back to Lucian. His silhouette was tall

making it clear

thought of Lemira. When had she gotten

figure and her recent changes, was it this man who gave Lemira the courage to

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

Pulling out his phone, he found that Lemira hadn't answered his

walking out of the elevator, his stride slow and powerful, his gaze serene, "They're gone." Lemira was amazed,

leave, they did. For a

her, "Just

be pretty influential to secure a membership here and even get the restaurant