Chapter 2 The Rescue
Beep, beep, beep-
That sharp, mechanical rhythm rang in her cars again.
Isla jolted awake from the nightmare, her phone vibrating violently at her side.
She glanced at the screen, then coldly cut off the call. A chime followed. It was the plan’s landing announcement.
She had arrived.
Upon gazing out at the familiar yet foreign scenery, Isla’s lips curved into a frosty smile.
Three years passed. After all this time, she was finally back.
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Three years ago, her boyfriend had nearly killed her in a car accident. She’d been rushed to the hospital, only to fall into a vegetative state.
Her parents, pretending they wanted the best treatment for her, shipped her overseas- essentially abandoning her to die.
But fate led her to her mentor, who saved her from that cruel end.
No one knew what those three years had cost her.
Night after night, she relived that horrific scene. The memory twisted her heart until only hatred remained. She could hardly wait to make her family taste the agony they had once inflicted on her.
Now she was back.
This was the beginning of her revenge.
Wearing sunglasses, Isla stepped out of the airport with a suitcase in hand.
Her figure was good, her delicate skin carrying an unhealthy sheen.
Scanning the crowd, her gaze landed on a boy holding up a sign with her name. She walked
toward him.
“You–you’re Isla?” The boy stammered. He hadn’t expected the professor invited by the university to be such a young woman.
“Yes.” Isla lifted her eyes to him briefly, gave a small nod, then started walking.
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“I–I’m Logan Woods, our mentor’s seventh disciple. He told me to pick you up.”
“I know.”
Her tone was clipped, indifferent, as she brushed past him.
“Wait–Isla. Let me give you a ride.” Logan hurried after her.
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But just as Isla reached for the car door, a black luxury sedan lost control, screeching toward them at terrifying speed.
“Look out.” Without hesitation, Isla shoved the frozen Logan out of the way. Tires screamed.
Boom.
The sedan flipped, crashing into the flowerbeds just a few yards away.
Gasps erupted all around. Onlookers scattered like frightened birds.
Not meant for her?
Isla frowned. For a moment, she had thought someone was already trying to kill her.
It was just like the suspicious accident three years ago.
Recovering quickly, she peered inside the wrecked car. Through the shattered rear window, she could make out a man slumped inside, unconscious, his life or death uncertain.
Smoke billowed from the hood, gasoline spilling across the pavement. The car could explode at
any moment.
She started to turn away–then her mentor’s warning echoed in her mind. Isla cursed under her breath, then pivoted and sprinted toward the wreckage.
“Isla-” Logan shrieked from the ground, terrified.
With one swift kick, she shattered the cracked window and reached in to wrench the door open. The bloodied man inside collapsed heavily against her.
He was tall, broad, his weight nearly crushing the breath from her lungs.
But he was still alive. She heard his ragged breathing and looked up–his eyes, clouded with pain, were still faintly conscious.
Bloodied hands clawed at her shirt, gripping it desperately. The chain around his neck snapped, tugged into her grasp like a lifeline. His voice rasped through broken lips. “Save me and I’ll give you anything you want.”
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Then his strength gave out. He slumped against her, unconscious.
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Isla frowned, dismissing his words as delirium, and dragged him out with all her strength.
She had barely taken a few steps when–BOOM. The car exploded behind them, the blast throwing both her and the man hard onto the pavement.
She hadn’t been able to save the driver.
For a moment, silence weighed on her. Then she lowered the man carefully to the ground.
He was drenched in blood, his features barely recognizable.
But his frame was powerful, his suit expensive–clearly no ordinary man.
While Isla stood in thought, sirens wailed faintly in the distance, growing closer.
“Isla, are you alright?” Logan hurried over, giving her a quick once–over.
“I’m fine.” Isla’s brows furrowed slightly. She glanced at the blood soaking her hands, her face turning a shade paler. “I’m going to the restroom.”
Without another word, she strode off.
Logan scrambled to follow.
His mentor had warned him. Isla was strong, but she suffered from hemophobia.
Strange, really–why would someone afraid of blood choose to be a medical professor? But he worried nonetheless.
If anything happened to her on his watch, he’d be in serious trouble.
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Meanwhile, elsewhere in the airport, a teenager’s irritated voice cut through the crowd.
“What’s with Isla? We came all the way here to pick her up, and she doesn’t even show. Is she messing with us? If Mom and Dad hadn’t forced me, I never would’ve come. Why didn’t she just die back then?”
The boy in a baseball jacket tossed his water bottle into a nearby trash can, his handsome face twisted with impatience. His words were cruel, dripping with spite.
“Don’t be so harsh, Lucas.” The young woman at his side spoke gently, her tone soothing. “Isla finally recovered. It’s only right for us, as her siblings, to welcome her back. Besides, she misunderstood me back then. I was hoping to apologize properly today.”
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She wore a simple white dress, her hair styled elegantly. Her beauty was striking, her clear, luminous eyes enough to draw anyone in at a glance.
“What’s it got to do with you, Aurora? It was all her fault anyway. She made a scene at Dad’s birthday party–what kind of lady behaves like that? She embarrassed the whole family. Honestly, I don’t even know why our parents bothered calling her back.”
The young man was handsome, about twenty, with a rebellious edge etched into his features.
He was Lucas Beaumont, the Beaumont family’s youngest son, doted on by all.
And the woman beside him was none other than Aurora Beaumont–the long–lost eldest daughter the family had recovered five years ago.
As the two spoke, a thunderous crash echoed from outside. Both of them flinched.
“What was that?”
“Let’s check it out.”
They rushed out, only to find a crowd gathered in alarm.
Aurora caught sight of someone sprawled on the ground and quickly called out, “Please, make way. Let me through.”
By then, Isla and Logan had come out as well, just in time to see paramedics loading the injured man into an ambulance.
“Should we go see?” Logan asked.
Isla’s gaze lingered briefly, then she turned away, sliding into the car. “No. Let’s head to the university.”
The ambulance was here. There was no need for her to get involved further.
“Fair enough. Anyway, our mentor already spoke to the school. You can start teaching tomorrow,” said Isla.
“Alright,” Logan said.
When Aurora returned home, her delicate, innocent face glowed with excitement.
Noticing Isla wasn’t back yet, she asked curiously, “Mom, Isla isn’t here yet?”
Cora frowned. “Didn’t you and Lucas go pick her up?”
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Aurora lowered her gaze, her voice laced with grievance. “We waited at the airport for ages, but never saw her. Maybe she’s still upset with me. Could she have lied about when she’d be arriving?”
Cora’s face darkened instantly. “She wouldn’t dare.”
Aurora hurried forward to calm her. “Mom, please don’t be angry. You know Isla doesn’t like me. I don’t blame her. But, Mom, I really don’t want to marry that man. And today—”
Her cheeks flushed pink, her words trailing off.
Aurora hadn’t expected that the man she’d helped earlier would be so devastatingly handsome, so striking that her heart still pounded just remembering him.
It felt as though he’d been tailor–made for her.
Cora’s brows shot up in surprise. Then she smirked knowingly, “So, someone finally caught your eye? What about his background, Aurora? If he’s not from a good family, I won’t allow it.”
“Mom,” Aurora murmured shyly, her face blooming with bashful delight. “He’s from the Ellsworth family. Their heir, Ronan Ellsworth.”
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