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Tàiyáng's POV

"Míngming? What are you doing here?" The young man asked angrily. He was almost the spitting image of me. Only difference was that I was holding Songbird's hand and he was holding a gun towards us. Songbird made it sound like he was older....

"Míngming ..." the man trailed off when he saw her cower in front of him. When the brother reached out towards her, my whole body stiffened as I pulled Songbird behind me protectively.

"What are you doing with him?" The brother spat out as he ignored my very presence.

"Shut up and put the gun away, you're scaring her!" I commanded him.

"This guy is the reason why our whole village died! He's dangerous, Míngming. Run now while you can! It's not safe to be here." He said urgently as he kept looking around the vicinity. Looking for someone.

"Ya!! You have no right to act like a protective brother when you left her like that. If your going to talk to her, you have to go through me." I yelled at him which made him focus his attention on me.

"Tàiyáng," Songbird,whispered as she tugged at my shirt. "I don't feel good....

"Shhhh, its okay, Songbird." I quickly turned to cup her face in my hands. "Just look at me, don't panic. Look at me and don't pay attention to your surroundings. Don't stare at the gun...."

But before I could say anything else, her eyes rolled in the back of her head and her legs collapse on her. I held her limp body in my arms as I turned to face her brother.

"What did you do to her?" The man demanded as he held the gun in front of my face. "Give me my sister."

"You gave up your right of being her brother when you left her." I spat out.

"Stop arguing and just give me my sister, Ryu. She is none of your concern." He yelled in frustration as he walked closer to me. "You do know that Lacerta wants to use my sister as a test subject again? I won't let that happen!"

Everytime he stepped towards me, I took a step back.

"Then why are you a member of Lacerta if you despise them so much?"

"Because I've been searching for the man who made Euphoria so that he can find a cure for my sister."

"And how exactly is she all of a sudden your concern now?! Do you even know why she is unconscious?"

"She's facing a condition where her body shuts down under extreme stress." He calmly stated which made me angry. If he knew her condition, why would he leave her?! "It's a sign effect of Euphoria, right Creator of the Drug?" He raised his eyebrow at me patronizingly.

"Correct, but I think I can help her..."

"No. You will help her."

I rolled my eyes. "If you cared about her so much, why did you leave her?!"

"You're so stupid! Who do you think led the rescue squad to the village? They wouldn't have found our hidden village without a native to show them! And don't act so high up there, you're the reason why she is like this in the first place."

"I can also fix it."

"I never meant for this to escalate so fast...." the brother's voice trailed off, ignoring what I said. With decisive movements, he puts his gun away and looks everywhere.

"We need to get out of here before he sees her."

Trying to control my anger and swallow my pride at the same time, I decided to follow the guy. Sēnlín needs to look over Songbird and me arguing with Songbird's brother is just delaying her recovery time.

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