Chapter 440: The Ones Who Stay Standing
Lysander stepped out of the room and pulled the door shut behind him with careful fingers.
The soft click sounded far louder to him than it should have.
Sophia was asleep now; there was no need for alarm. He had instructed the trainees and the nurses to monitor her condition.
He could finally go home and get some much-needed sleep. Or so he thought… before he could even make his way to the front of the facility, he heard hurried footsteps approach him.
"Sir—"
Lysander watched with wide eyes just as one of the front nurses rushed toward him, breathless, hair half-loosened from its tie.
Lysander lifted one tired hand as he shook his head. He just wanted to take a break. He needed sleep.
"No," he said gently but firmly. "Don't say it."
The nurse skidded to a stop in front of him.
He opened his mouth and then closed it, as if debating whether he really should say it or not, and then chose to say it anyway.
