Chapter 204 Jumping Off A Building
Liam stood confidently on the edge of a weathered rooftop, his eyes scanning the ground below. The building was three stories tall—not exactly a skyscraper, but still high enough that a fall could snap bones if you landed wrong. The morning air was crisp, the sun barely pushing past the low-hanging clouds, casting the city in a pale, cold light. Wind blew around him, ruffling his dark hair slightly.
Down below, Lana stood with her arms crossed, a white parka wrapped tightly around her curvy frame. The jacket was the same one she’d worn yesterday. Her hair danced wildly around her face as she tilted her head upward and shouted, "Liam! Is this really necessary?!"
Liam grinned from above, that damnably charming grin that made it hard to stay mad at him. "This will work, trust me!"
Lana rolled her eyes so hard it was a miracle they stayed in her head. She took a few steps back, brushing the hair from her face with one hand as she eyed the stacked bags of garbage before her, the only thing keeping Liam from being completely insane. He’d been obsessed with getting his wings to come out again ever since the fight with Dimitri. No matter how many times he tried, they refused to budge, like they had locked themselves away the moment he retracted them.
He’d gone from meditating to forcefully flexing his back muscles to asking the system to help. Nothing worked.
And now, this. Jumping off a goddamn rooftop.
Lana shouted again, louder this time, "What if you get injured, dumbass?!"
Liam leaned forward slightly, still smiling as he looked down at her. "You know I’ll heal!"
"Eventually!" she shouted back. "Doesn’t mean you should throw yourself off buildings like a lunatic!"
He laughed lightly at that, but her worry wasn’t unwarranted. She was only here because she insisted on being around for this insane plan. They had woken early, eaten a quiet breakfast, and then Liam had declared that he needed to "trigger the sensation" again.
And apparently, in his ridiculous mind, triggering it meant falling headfirst off a rooftop.