Anila's POV

"Liz, what are you doing here? Go back quickly," General Bray returned from outside with a stack of documents, followed by someone familiar.

"I can hear someone crying and wailing from the third-floor checkpoint. I know it must be you, my dear sister. Why causing a scene here!" Cooper was also holding something, which I can’t fathom but smelt sweet..

"Father, brother, why do you want to send me away as soon as you arrive? The one who should leave here is someone else," Liz glared at me with a sidelong glance.

She was right. Her lover, father, and brother were all here. I was just an outsider,...