Chapter 467 - Again? (8) - Sienna's POV

Rika was desperate to stay inside our dorms to hide from Henry. She worked really hard, making both Luke and Alex surprised when she paid attention to what they were saying. I knew how busy both of them were, barely getting any sleep from all the fraction work they had to do. But they threw all their work to the side to help her catchup, investing all their energy into her. When I was forced to study with Alex, he was merciless whenever I made a mistake in the workbook.

"Your class didn't go over this yet?" Alex sighed.

"We did, but I didn't review this part yet," I could barely look at his scary eyes.

"I guess you can go over this part until you know what's going on," he didn't want me to drag him down.

But Alex wasn't the same with Rika. He seemed shocked that she was willing to study in general. Luke was happier than Alex, giving Rika her favourite desserts whenever she answered a question correctly. They spent hours with Rika, not taking a single break, afraid that this chance would never come to them again. It was hard to join in with them, the harmonious atmosphere between the three of them.

"You took notes during class?" Luke was stunned.

"These aren't bad," Alex acknowledged her efforts.

"I couldn't write down everything," Rika pouted.

The next morning, Rika's eyes glittered when there was a slice of her favourite strawberry shortcake beside the plate of salad. Luke appeared to be in an extremely good mood, being more lenient towards her. The day before, he pressured her to drink the entire bottle of supplements. But today, he let her go when she took one sip at most. He also didn't say anything when she didn't touch the salad.

Although Cillian and I took care of each other as partners, we never had this kind of relationship together. Luke's relationship with Rika was on another level. He woke up extremely early every morning, finishing his preparations for school to quickly help Rika. Peeking into his bedroom, curious how Rika was faring, Luke was busy packing all the stuff she would need for her morning classes.

Rika slept on his bed, not knowing how Luke was already brushing her hair and checking her health for the day. He took her health very seriously, placing all these precious packs on her that helped with fatigue. Going through all the machines, he analyzed which supplement would be most effective for her to drink today. After removing all the packs, he shook her for thirty minutes to wake her up.

This was why Luke trembled in anger when he found Henry holding Rika who seemed to be barely conscious. Alex, who considered Rika to be a part of his family, tried to save his energy in talking to a person who injured her. He pushed himself to heal Rika once Luke looked a bit dizzy from using too much mana at once. Both of them didn't see Henry as a human being anymore, not bothering to maintain their usual courtesy.

When Luke carried Rika in his arms back to our dorm room, he didn't want to let her out of his bedroom. The living room table was empty for the first time, moving all his stuff into his bedroom to watch over Rika. I could hear Rika asking him if she could go out to the living room, sick of staying in bed all the time. But Luke declined all her requests, not wanting her to get a single chance to meet Henry again.

While Rika was asleep during the night, I gasped when I heard the conversation between Alex and Luke. With Luke welcoming Alex into the living room, they sat down on the couch to discuss their next actions. I never thought Rika would be this sick after we all spent our efforts in trying to heal her.

"I'm planning on going to the teacher's office tomorrow morning to get Rika to transfer classes," Luke was thinking what to do with Rika.

"How could he even think of hitting someone from our family?" Alex's face scrunched in disgust.

"I don't want him near Rika again," Luke agreed.

"I'm still monitoring Rika's condition. She thinks that she can leave the bed since she can walk. But she won't be able to survive without the machines making sure to perfectly regulate her body," Luke's hands shook.

"I'll make sure she'll never leave the room," Alex comforted his cousin.

The next day, I knocked on Luke's bedroom, feeling worried about how Rika was doing. Luke opened the door for me, Rika brightly smiling from noticing my face. She looked bored with nothing to do, Luke not allowing her to do anything but rest so she could recover faster. Her excited voice flowed into my ears, "did you bring anything? Can you tell me what's been happening outside of this room?"

"Nothing much happened," I left out how Luke wasn't letting anyone inside our dorm room except for Alex.

She played with a strand of her hair, looking a bit disappointed. Looking if Luke was closely watching us, she whispered into my ear when she thought it was safe, "I have a plan to escape from this room."

"How?" I was taken aback.

"I'm going to jump out of the window. Once I escape this room, I'm going to Henry and ask him to bring me outside of school," she lowered her voice, noticing Luke was trying to listen in.