Chapter 23: Rewards and Punishments

A reward?

Serena's eyelashes fluttered slightly.

The way he phrased that...

She had merely stepped in to keep Lucian from losing his mind and flying completely off the rails. A simple kiss—what kind of reward was that?

Using the word "reward" for it felt inhe

Chapter 24: A Sudden Collapse

With that final declaration, completely ignoring whatever thoughts might be swirling in Jing Lin's head, Lucian grabbed a change of clothes and strode straight into the guest bathroom.

His physical resilience was nothing short of monstrous. Thanks to the medicine appl

Chapter 25: The Rose Manor in the Snow

Serena was trapped in a dream.

She dreamed back to the year she had first arrived in Kenlin for medical treatment.

That winter, Kenlin had been buried under heavy, feather-thick flakes of snow. To keep the biting, bone-chilling cold from seeping into her mar