Luna pressed the elevator buttons furiously, gritting her teeth at the same time. “Come on, elevator, come on. I want to see Neil, my Neil…“

She continued to mutter Neil’s name over and over again as if besieged by a spell.

Finally, the elevator arrived.

As soon as the doors slid open, Joshua caught sight of a deranged-looking Luna standing outside the elevator.

She stormed into the elevator and grabbed Joshua’s arm. “Where’s Neil? Where did he go? You must know where he is, right? You must know he isn’t dead. You hid him! Where did you hide him?

“Joshua Lynch! “ she yelled like a lunatic and could not stop her tears from falling anymore. “Neil…“

Joshua’s expression darkened. After a moment, he let out a sigh and pulled her into his arms.

His embrace felt warm and protective, with a hint of his distinctive scent lingering about.

Luna froze at the sudden turn of events, then immediately furrowed her brows. She struggled against his grip, screaming, “Let go of me! What are you doing, hugging me like that? I want to find Neil! Let me go, so I can go find Neil! “

to her even tighter. No matter how hard she

said in a low voice, “Go get yourself ready. I’ll bring you to

lifted her head to gaze at him, a glimmer of anticipation and excitement in her eyes. She removed herself from his embrace and asked, “So

a choked voice, “Gwen was lying to me,

met her fragile yet somehow determined gaze, then

child who had gotten herself into trouble. “I ‘ll go get ready right now. Please tell Neil to wait for me. Tell him to wait

that, she wiped her tears

had been standing outside all this while, first shot Joshua

“ Come on, help

away and nodded.

her to lose a ton of

and the weariness on her face. She also helped Luna draw

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