"Are you sure you'll be fine on your own, Lumine…?"
"Yeah. Don't worry about me. You said you had something to check on, right?"
Yelena still looked solicitous as she gazed up at Lumine. The two of them walked down the corridors, having already left the place where Celestina and Jasmine remained.
"I do, but…" Yelena hesitated, her expression tightening. "I still agree with Celestina. You should wait until backup arrives. Or at least let me go with you."
Lumine shook his head.
He had practically needed to beg Celestina to trust him—and to convince Yelena not to follow. At the very least, he had managed to make them accept it.
"Just go check on whatever you need to," he said. "I'll catch up with Azriel as soon as possible."
They stopped walking.
Lumine turned to face her with a tenderhearted smile, and Yelena responded with a small pout. She looked somewhat recalcitrant, as if every part of her still wanted to argue, before she finally conceded.
"Fine," she grumbled.
