Chapter 264
Zoey regained her footing. She didn’t dare move a muscle <b>as </b>she stared at
Lily didn’t <b>move </b>either. She assumed a casual <b>stance </b>with <b>her </b>hands in her pocket. There was a <b>long </b>pause before Zoey asked, “Who are you?”
“Lily Brooks,” Lily drawled icily.
Zoey’s expression flickered. “So, we meet atst.”
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Lily’s interest was piqued, and <b>her </b>lips curled into <b>a </b><b>smirk </b>as she asked, “Did youe for me?”
Zory <b>stayed </b>quiet as she pondered <b>on </b>her response.
Lily continued, “The Moores, huh? I’ve never heard of your family nor do I have any grudge against them. In that case, which family sent you here to look for me?”
She thought hard but could not recall having ever crossed paths with the Moore family. They didn’t seem to be working for or with anyone either.
ording to the document <b>Elliot </b>had given her, the Moores didn’t ally themselves with any family. Nheless, they were a formidable force. They had an impressive <b>number </b>of weapons research methods in their arsenal, and the weapons in question were of advanced makes and models.
As such, countries and Hidden Families vied for the Moores” support.
However, the Moores didn’t listen to anyone other than the president.
The country had been peaceful in recent years, courtesy of the weapons developed by the Moores which kept foreign enemy forces at bay. If the Moores had nothing to do with the Hidden Families and had no grudge against Lily, then Zoey had no reason to be here.
Zoey hadn’t expected Lily to figure out her business here <b>so </b>quickly. She stiffened before breaking into a smile. “You’re different. They told me you were smart, but I didn’t believe it.
“Few in this world are truly smart–or smarter than me, at least. Now that I’ve met you in person, I stand corrected.”
Straightening her clothes, Zoey tucked her hair back and met Lily’s gaze. “I thought you wouldn’t show up for another few days after your grandmother’s passing. ”
Lily lifted her icy gaze until it fell on Zoey.
A momentter, she looked away and turned to leave. “I don’t n on getting my hands dirty while I’m still in mourning. Tell your buddy to stop pushing my buttons or there’ll be bloodshed.”
Saying that, she stopped in her tracks and raised her voice. “Everyone in Ember Creek High School is under my protection! From now on, dares to hurt a single person <b>from </b>Ember Creek High School will have their throats ripped out by me!”
No sooner had the words left Lily’s mouth than the students erupted into raucous cheers. “Long live Lily!”
anyone who
The students of Ember Creek High School had been walking <b>on </b>eggshells as they were intimidated by Zoey. They all believed their peaceful school life hade to an end.
But Lily had returned. While she didn’t directly pick a fight with Zoey<b>, </b>her words left an impact.
Lily left withn and Anya. They fell in step behind her and stared at her back. Raising their thumbs, they praised in unison, “Good one, Big Boss!”
They wouldn’t obey anyone but Lily, whom they thought was a living legend.
Despite being a transfer student from the countryside, she managed to put Ember Creek High School’s bully in her ce while being a medical extraordinaire and an honor roll student.
“Don’t you think there’s something different about Lily?” Anya asked.
Ian stared at Lily but did not see anything different about her. “What do you mean?
“She seems lonelier somehow,”
“Does she?”n asked, baffled.
Anya shook her head, sering no point in enlightening him any further.
It wasn’t until Lily and the others had left that Zoey said slowly, “You cane out now.”