Chapter 765: My Request
Gabby skidded to a stop directly in front of Liam and Dylan, her boots dragging lightly against the polished floor as she caught herself before she could stumble forward. She bent slightly with both hands near her knees, breathing harder than she probably wanted to admit, though her eyes remained fixed on Liam as if the short sprint had been nothing more than an inconvenience between her and her actual goal.
Dylan leaned down a little, studying her with exaggerated interest as his brows lifted. "Well, look at that," he said. "Asher Two-Point-Oh. I honestly didn’t think I’d see you again this soon."
Gabby ignored him completely.
Dylan blinked, then placed one hand over his chest as though wounded. "Wow. Cold. I’m starting to see why you and Liam might get along."
Gabby still did not spare him a glance. She straightened once her breathing steadied enough and looked directly at Liam, who simply stared back at her with the same calm expression he had carried since leaving his room.
For a moment, she seemed to gather herself, not because she was nervous exactly, but because she had clearly been waiting for this meeting and did not want to waste it.
"Senior Hunter," she said, her voice still slightly breathless, "I’ve been searching for you for the last two days. I couldn’t find you anywhere."
"I was recovering from my assessment," Liam said.
Gabby paused.
The words were simple. Too simple, really. But in her mind, they immediately connected to everything she had been hearing over the past two days. Liam Hunter had needed to recover. Not just rest casually. Recover. That meant the rumors were not exaggerated, or at least not entirely.
It meant the stories of him fighting a Berserker demon, standing against something no student should have faced alone, and coming back injured enough to vanish afterward were likely true. She had wanted to believe them from the beginning, but hearing Liam say he had been recovering gave those rumors a kind of quiet confirmation.
Her eyes changed.