Chapter 97: Stay and do more of this
Raine gathered her feet together and opened her mic back online as she composed herself. Her heart was aching, but now was not the time to mourn. Two of her men had just sacrificed their lives to make sure Xander was alive. She had to make sure that their lives were not wasted for nothing.
"I’m on my way to the hospital now. I already reported what was necessary to your uncle," Tyrone informed. "He wanted to assign you to another mission. Members of the Moon Clan were caught and under the custody of the military," he continued. "He mentioned a name, Megan. He wanted you to take care of it before the military got any information about the Moon Clan through her. He plans to meet you tomorrow. He will contact you any minute now..."
Gritting her teeth, Raine leered, "I don’t want to hear his voice."Mia, block my uncle’s call till tomorrow," she instructed as she headed towards the surgery room.
"Copy, Boss," Mia answered.
Xander’s surgery was still ongoing, and Raine had to keep her presence to a minimal so as to not look too obvious. The surgery soon finished, and Xander was shifted to the ICU. Levi and Mia monitored the CCTV footage for any suspicious movements heading towards the ICU.
Raine saw Rui along the hallway.
"How is he?" she asked, ignoring Rui’s dimmed expression.
"What do you expect? If anything happens to him..." Rui threatened but paused.
"Nothing will happen to him. So instead of making baseless assumptions, make sure to heighten the security around him!" Raine hissed as she walked past him.
"Boss," Mia breathed.
"What is it?"