When They Beg, I Rise!

Lemira caught sight of Lucian and Alaric making their entrance, but her reaction was nothing out of the ordinary.

She calmly addressed Michel, "Let's schedule another time then."

Michel nodded and turned to face Alaric, "Come on, if I had a sister with talent like hers, I'd be treating her like gold, waiting on her hand and foot. And here you are, fussing over a newbie 'sister' while neglecting the real deal with actual talent. It's like missing the forest for the trees."

Alaric's face turned a shade of steel blue, "Shut up! You know nothing!"

He wasn't sidelining Lemira!

He wanted nothing more than for Lemira to stay with SkyBlaze and compete in the finals!

It's just a small tiff between him and his sister.

After Michel left, other eager coaches approached Lemira, handing out their business cards.

Alaric was left on the sidelines, silently watching Lemira being treated like a star.

He thought to himself: If Lemira ignores these people and doesn't join the Reapers.

He would swallow his pride and not hold it against her for playing him.

collected a stack of business

approached her after the crowd had dispersed, eyeing

that Lemira had changed

at Lucian,

you still haven't answered my question. Why keep it

her eyelid, noticing the unease

was Alaric feeling

but do you remember what you said in my room that day? Do you need me to repeat

it struck Alaric like a sharp knife,

that day and was

his words were then, the more embarrassing they felt

eyes reddened, "Then why didn't you tell me at the

had no

do you mean, no

front of Lemira, "I'm your brother. I thought the conflicts between us are

could have

that day, none

Lemira wouldn't have gone