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Skr’s eyes sparkled with mockery. “Hurt you? Where’s the evidence?”

Jade screamed, her tone slicing. “You think saving Mr. Lambert gives me a free pass to do whatever you want?”

Jade sized Skr up. “She’s a Lambert. You’d better watch out.”

Jade had only walked Freya to the ward door and hadn’t caught the full story.

He had picked up just bits of their argument from a distance.

She still had no idea that Sk was the real Lambert heiress.

Freya yed along, cradling her wrist dramatically. “Dr. Laneb, /bplease, check my bhand/bb. /bI think she broke it.”

Jade made a big show of examining it, gasping loudly. “Ms. Lambert, this looks serious!”

Heads turned as patients and their families gathered, drawn by the noise.

b“/bbSkr/b, 1 get that you’re hot–headed,” Jade saidb, /bbraising /bher voice for the crowd, “but you can’t just attack people. What are you, unhinged?”

Freya sniffled, tears onmand. “Dr. Lane, it’s bokay/b,” she said, her voice shaky. “Ms. Stone saved my dad–she’s bour /bfamily’s hero. She can hit me, yell at me, I won’tin,”

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She paused, her tone sharpening “just hope Ms. Stone doesn’t let her personal grudges mess with her work. Please, don’t take it out on my dad.”

Jade jumped in, yelling “Ms. Lambert, let’s be real–bSkr’s /bno genius. She got blucky /bwith Mr. Lambert’s surgery.”

She pointed at Skr. “A fraud like her with no morals? She doesn’t belong in a hospital. I’m telling my dad to fire her!”

The crowd, patients and their families, tensed up. They hated doctors who abused their power, and their anger zeroed in on Skr

One man red bat /bher, his voice thick with bdisgust/b. “You call yourself a doctor? How could you?”

Another piped up, nodding hard. “You’ve got a mean streak. People like you don’t deserve that white coat. Get out of bthis /bhospital!”

bSkr /bbstood /bcalm, | her face steady despite the flood of insults.

Freya, seeing her silence, thought she was scared. A smug glint shed in her eyes.

“Ms. Stone, if you apologize nicely, I won’t hold it against you,” she said, her voice syrupy. “After all, you did bsake /bmy dad.”

She raised a brow, waiting for Skr to beg

Skr crooked a finger, motioning Freya closer.

Freya frowned but took two cautious steps forward.

bIn /bba /bsh, bSkr /bgrabbed her chin. “Click.” Freya’s jaw popped out of ce.

Her mouth dropped open, drool pooling as she booked ridiculous.

Her beyes /bburned d with rage, muffled gruntsing from her throat as she tried to talk,

Jade’s eyes went wide, Munnedb. /b

Before she could move, Skr stepped in and, with the same quick motion, dislocated her jaw too.

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Jade’s face twisted, her muffled cries mixing with Freya’s.

“Mmph!” she groaned, her re screaming, Fix this, or you’re donel

Skr gave a faint smile band/b, with a swit flick, she snapped both their jaws back into ce,

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could talk, they let loose a storm of curses

“You’re crazy!” Jade shrieked, her voice shrill.

Freya’s face burned with embarrassment. “What’s wrong with you? Got a screw loose? Check yourself into psych and stop acting like ba /bnutcase!

Skr rubbed her hands, unfazed.

“Weren’t you two j

just saying my skills are trash?” she asked, her tone calm but pointed. “I was just showing my expertise. How’s that crazy?”

Freya and Jade choked on their anger, nearly at a loss for words.

Freya pointed a shaky finger at bSkr/b, her voice trembling. “You… you..

Skr met her with a dangerous look. “Ms. Lambert, your hand’s shaking pretty bad. Feeling off? Want me to give you a quick check up?”

She took a step forward, her stance rxed but ready, the skills she’d sharpened in prison itching for action.

Freya’s forehead glistened with sweat, her voice tight. “I’m warning youb, /bdon’t try anything”

Skr grabbed her hand, her grip firm. “It’ll only take a second.”

“No! Get away from me!” Freya yelped, iling.

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