Chapter 2: The Rejection

Chapter 2: The Rejection

Chapter 2: The Rejection.

(Elena’s POV)

For a moment, hope flickered in my chest. Was he refusing because he cared about me?

“My grandmother wouldn’t agree either, Marcus continued coldly. “Don’t even think about it.”

The door slammed shut behind him. I stood there, feeling a crushing weight in my heart. My previous thought was laughable.

He wasn’t refusing for me. He was refusing because of his grandmother. But I knew something he didn’t Margaret had already agreed to the bond severance.

The next morning, Catherine Hayes arrived as usual. Marcus was already gone.

I ate breakfast alone, trying to appear unaffected by his absence. The silence in the dining room felt heavier

than usual.

Catherine moved through the estate, cleaning with her usual efficiency. She paused in the Great Hall, looking

around with confusion.

“Luna, why are so many things missing from the estate?”

I forced a smile. “I threw away some old and unimportant things.”

Catherine nodded, not pressing further. But her observant eyes lingered on me with concern.

At noon, my phone rang. Director Henry Baker’s urgent voice filled the line.

“Elena, we need you immediately. Critical healing session.”

“What happened?”

“Construction worker fell from a building site. Steel rebar through the skull. The healer skilled in cranial healing is away. Only you can perform this.”

I grabbed my medical bag and rushed to the Northern Territory Central Healing Institute. The healing room

was filled with tension and the metallic smell of blood.

Sophia was already there, standing far from the patient’s bed.

Unlike the other healers examining the patient, Sophia couldn’t bear to get close. She kept gagging, covering

mouth with

Assistant approached me. “The patient has a steel rebar penetrating through his head.

lodged deep.”

you sure you can handle this? The patient might die

her gaze steadily. “Can

back

prepare for emergency healing,” I commanded. “We’re starting

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Chapter 2: The Rejection

flushed with annoyance. “I need to comfort the family,” she

room.

brainstem and major blood vessels. The steel rebar had missed the critical

save him,” I announced to

session lasted five hours. We carefully removed the steel rebar and performed skull reconstruction

left halfway through, unable to handle the intensity. Her humiliation

present.

finally stabilized. The healing

I said, exhaustion weighing on

healing spread quickly through the institute.

our team’s skill.

other healers informed the patient’s family while I went to Director Baker’s

said, genuine admiration in his voice. This is exactly

leaned forward, trying once more. “Please reconsider your transfer.

deserve talent like yours.”

my head firmly. “I’ve already made my decision, Director. But I promise

emergencies.

“Very well. But my door is always open if

Marcus walking toward

you target Sophia in the

“Target her? I was

your

He was here for Sophia, not to congratulate me on the successful

case. I had every right to

I have the right

cut deep. Marcus was the biggest investor in the institute. When Sophia returned, he had placed her

reminded myself of my transfer decision. His threats meant nothing

change things.

me intently, something shifting in

only called him “Alpha” formally in public, never in

me?” he asked, his voice dangerously

that what you

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