When They Beg, I Rise!

"Did you swing by the hospital to check on Lucian?"

"Sort of. I'm gonna grab a change of clothes."

Lemira turned and headed back to her bedroom, hoping to shake off the day's events.

Meanwhile, Orion was waiting outside when Lemira's phone began to ring.

Peering at the caller ID, he saw it was Matthew and answered, "I bet you're home by now. Got something pretty big to talk about."

"What's up?" Orion asked, only to be met with silence on the other end.

Matthew, sweating bullets, blurted out, "Why are you answering her phone?"

"Disappointed? What's so important? Go on."

Orion narrowed his eyes, suspicious of Matthew's late call.

What could Matthew possibly want to talk to Lemira about that was so urgent?

"Uh, I just wanted to... compliment you, yeah. My phone's about to die, gotta run." Matthew hung up, his nerves shot.

He thought, "I need to lay low for a while. This could spell trouble."

the disconnected call, sensed Matthew wasn't intending

and visibly

Orion seemed to rush to her side if she

studied her closely, "You sure you're

treading lightly around me now. He won't harm me." Lemira purposefully didn't

her omission, paused before speaking, "Can't remember

said it's post-traumatic amnesia. My mind's shielding me by blanking out that

never dwelled

to find out if

Rest up

"Will do."

Orion left, Lemira slumped against the

whose moods

it in showbiz with his good looks, Caspian was still mingling

his charm,

for it again, thanks to a blockbuster script and a

en novelxo

wasn't about to let Caspian intimidate her

sleep in, then headed to the esports team's base at school

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crowd, including girls holding support signs