Persephone knew this place better than the bodyguards.

An inexplicable hesitation gripped the bodyguards when they reached the street, causing them to falter in following her.

Persephone seized the chance and made a quick move to lose them. She sprinted toward a convenience store, deftly navigating through a couple of turns until she reached Morpheus' place.

There, she encountered Wynn, who appeared in a rush as he descended the stairs.

"Sephy?" he greeted her with surprise and joy before swiftly becoming alert, pulling her behind him. After a cautious glance around, he whispered, "Nobody is following you, right?"

"No!" she replied, panting. "How's Morpheus? Did Seamus come?!"

"Seamus?" Wynn was momentarily stunned, then shook his head. "Seamus didn't come, but Morpheus isn't doing great..."

"What happened to him?"

won the fight. Now, with new wounds on top of the old

Morpheus' house, oblivious to everything

in bed, battling a high fever. Bandages covered the upper half of his

wounds had reopened and become infected,

face as she

forced smile.

"I'd like to—"

here." Wynn decided for her. "I'll bring you

nodded, holding

night to care for

tightly,

night air was chilly, dispelling the

and observed Seamus leading his men

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