"I’m just d you were able to escape from Richard’s grasp. That asshole makes my blood boil," she vented. Sighing, she added, "Take care of yourself, Selene. You cane to the orphanage whenever you want, and if you need help beating up Michelle, you know you can alwayse to me."


    Selene wasn’t surprised by Thalia’s request. She had always been the violent one between the both of them.


    A memory of when Thalia beat up the boys who bullied Selene in college shed in her mind. Thalia was an army on her own.


    "I will."


    Thalia toured Selene around the orphanage, introducing her to the staff whom she hadn’t seen before.


    Selene watched Xavier ying with the children at the yground, a smile touching her lips as she observed their joyful interaction. Noticing the children’s reluctance to let him leave, she chose to wait a little longer.


    Some of them went on his back so that he would give them piggyback rides.


    When some more time had finally passed, Selene and Xavier decided to head back so that she could get some early rest.


    "Xavier, you know I can fight now right?" Selene suddenly asked when they were in the car, heading back.


    Xavier nced at her with a curious look.


    "You are doing well but..." he drawled, searching for the right word. "You can’t properly fight yet."


    Selene gave him a side eye, but didn’t bother to retort since he was right. No one can learn how to fight in under a week, but Xavier had taught her where to hurt her opponent severely and make a run for it if she ever needed to.


    "Anyway, can Kace stop following me around now?" She requested. "He has his life and I don’t want him to keep following me forever." <i>I also want him to solve whatever issue he has with Allison</i>.


    She had seen how they had avoided each other whenever they crossed paths. They seemed to be at odds with each other like oil and water.


    Xavier readily gave in to Selene’s request. But made a mental note to get shadow bodyguards who could be protecting her without showing their presence.


    Having Ezekiel trying to dig into Selene’s past all of a sudden was highly suspicious, and he feared that one day, thetter might attack her.


    The thought of that happening made Xavier’s blood boil. He could have confronted Ezekiel and questioned him why he was meddling, but nothing good was going toe out of it.


    He would only leave with regret when Ezekiel brought up the past once more, using his family of being responsible for Ava rk’s disappearance.


    "Alright, anything for you babe."


    Pink painted Selene’s cheek when Xavier called her <i>babe</i>.


    **


    "Are you sure you tightened the buckle properly?" Selene asked the man who was assisting her in slipping into the safety harness.


    After much argument and disagreement with the director, he still didn’t consent to having a stunt double for the scene.


    Selene had to settle on performing the scene with a stunt harness to avoid her blood sttering on the floor like a grisly painting gone awry.


    This wasn’t the first time she was wearing a stunt harness but somehow, it felt unusually loose around her waist.


    The man assisting her with the stunt harness shot her a pointed look before rechecking the buckle. This was the fifth time she had asked him to verify it, and his patience was wearing thin.


    "It’s properly fixed, ma’am," he replied.


    However, Selene still felt it wasn’t. But since she wasn’t the professional here, she decided to let it go and not make things harder for the man.


    A test was run on the stunt harness. It lifted Selene up and down.


    If it had been anyone, they would have been excited since it felt simr to flying. But Selene didn’t feel the least excited. Her heart thumped hard in her chest whenever she was lifted.


    "Action!" The director screamed.


    It was the scene where Selene was supposed to escape from the prison before she was caught.


    She beat up the prison guards who stood in her way before making her way to the roof of the building.


    There were some unsteady pipes attached to it, which she needed to climb down until she reached the wires she would be using to reach the fence and jump.


    Just as Selene reached for the fence, she felt the stunt harness loosen around her waist. Unable to grasp the fence, she lost her bnce and fell.