Chapter 1924

Persephone's worries were almost flowing out of her eyes! Morpheus stood aside, straightening his back. The punch he had received wasn't much, but it surprisingly stung right now. Did she not remember that he also had injuries? Did she not realize these were a mix of old and new injuries? He assessed Seamus thoroughly. Seams was good-looking and refined. He appeared as a dashing young fellow. However, the viciousness in his punch moments ago contradicted his genteel appearance. Seamus was fairer, leaner, and had more delicate features, yet his muscles were as developed as his. Morpheus grunted and cleared his throat. Persephone finally remembered him and turned to look. "This is..." "He's Seamus Rutherford," Persephone introduced formally. "My... My good friend." She couldn't say Seamus was her bodyguard. After all, how could a regular girl have a bodyguard? In spite of it, the words "good friend" pricked Morpheus' heart. He glanced at her wrist and then at Seamus'. They bo