When They Beg I Rise (Lemira) novel Chapter 1001

Lemira Langston stared up at Rowan, her mind drifting. In her past life, she had barely seen her third brother. He was always busy with his medical research, locked away in his private island laboratory. He had practically never come home. Their only real meeting had been on the operating table.

After all, in that life, no one had discovered that her parents' deaths were tied to Evelina's father and the Sinclair family.

Lemira's relationship with Rowan had been distant at best.

Yet, in her past life, she had idolized him. She had treated him like a hero.

She believed she had never done anything to wrong him, but in the end, he was the one who pushed her onto the operating table, cutting her open to harvest her kidney.

She still remembered that suffocating wave of despair.

A faint, mocking smile touched Lemira's lips at the memory.

A second later, Rowan reached out to her. Lemira dodged his hand, her body tense with caution.

It didn't matter how gentle he seemed now; she could never forget the absolute helplessness she felt lying under his scalpel.

Rowan's hand froze in midair. "Lemira," he said softly. "It's been so many years. You've grown so much."

Lemira's tone was flat. "It's been years. It'd be a medical miracle if I hadn't."

Asher Langston frowned. "Lemira, Rowan is just checking on you. What kind of attitude is that?"

Rowan waved him off. "Asher, it's fine. I've been away for years. It's only natural that my own sister feels distant from me. I understand."

Lemira didn't reply. She couldn't care less whether he understood or not.

She turned her cold gaze to Evelina Sterling. "Since you didn't don the proper mourning attire and stand vigil today, you can do it right now. Everyone's here to witness it."

Evelina looked horrified, immediately shooting a desperate plea toward Rowan.

Right now, she felt Rowan was her only lifeline—the only one who hadn't been around to see what she had done.

But Asher beat him to the punch. "Lemira, let's eat first. A day's delay won't hurt."

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