章 44: 044 - From the ashes: Protector

The sound from the door getting closed pulled Daemon out of his recollection.

Without knowing it, his eyes had followed Evelyn till she left the room. Silence came back, but this time with a certain emotion at the forefront.

Alone, he hesitated about what to do. But while his mind was deliberating, his heart made him stand up. He left the room, and searched the waitress with his eyes.

Even the crowd and the noise could not stop his eyes from being attracted like a magnet to a figure crisscrossing with various orders on her plate. The uniform was modest, but still, it showed her feminine figure.

Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail, and she was hiding a bit of exhaustion beneath her professional smile. But that face…