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! “

closed his eyes and clung to her even tighter. No matter how hard she struggled, he refused to let go of her

while, he let out another sigh and said in a low voice, “Go get yourself ready.

anticipation and excitement in her eyes. She removed herself from his embrace and asked, “So that means Neil isn’t dead,

“Gwen was lying to me,

her fragile yet somehow determined gaze, then finally said, “ You’ll

gotten herself into trouble. “I ‘ll go get ready right

wiped her tears

who had been standing outside all this while, first shot Joshua a quizzical look, then glanced at

and grabbed hold of Gwen’s arm with her bony hand. “ Come on, help me get ready and do my

tears away and nodded. “Alright

causing her to lose a ton of weight. She was so

dark circles and the weariness on her

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