The Killer Queen (Noella Briony)

Chloe was sobbing uncontrollably, barely managing to choke out apologies.

Jasper gently patted her shoulder. "Come on, let's head to the hospital and check on you."

Millie grabbed Chloe, who was now a puddle of nerves, and followed the Schnabel clan into the car.

On the drive, Sienna and Tristan were on the verge of tears too!

"Noella, why'd you have to go and do something so reckless? You're going to give Mom a heart attack!"

Noella, with a chuckle, shrugged. "Didn't think it through, I guess."

Her instinct had just kicked in.

Chloe, sitting in the limo's backseat, was a mess of tears, teetering on the edge of a breakdown.

"I'm so sorry, Ms. Schnabel. I dragged you into this mess..."

Millie wrapped an arm around Chloe, comforting her. "Hey now, it's not your fault."

Palmer checked Noella's swollen wrist, concern etching his features. Her fair skin was now blotched red, likely dislocated. If Noella hadn't been a highly trained secret agent, catching a girl mid-fall, she might have lost the use of her hands entirely.

Palmer felt a pang of sympathy. "Hold still."

Jasper interjected, "Mr. Pollack, you're no doctor. Let's wait for Ulrich to take a look at Noella's wrist at the hospital!"

He was worried Palmer might worsen his sister's injury.

"No worries, Jasper. He's got this. I trust Palmer," Noella reassured him.

With those words, Jasper found himself speechless, fretting over her wrist.

With a firm grip, Palmer found the dislocation and swiftly corrected it with a snap.

"Does it hurt?"

"No, it's bearable."

This minor pain was nothing for Noella, but seeing the worried faces of Palmer and Tristan made it feel more intense than usual.

Leaning on Palmer's shoulder, as soon as they arrived at the hospital, Noella was scooped up and rushed to meet Ulrich Schnabel at the entrance, heading straight for the treatment room.

Surrounded by her concerned family, Noella couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Really, I'm fine. Palmer's fixed it."

Calvin, arriving in a flurry, was beside himself with worry.

"Don't you know how vital hands are for a surgeon? You're too impulsive!"

"Who tries to catch someone jumping off a building? That's madness! You think you're some kind of superhero? You're not Iron Man!"

Calmly, Noella responded, "If I hadn't caught her, she would've died. And as a doctor, I couldn't just stand by."

Calvin's eyes welled up, torn between admiration and concern for his brilliant protégé.

"You're too kind-hearted, always rushing to save others. It's a doctor's curse."

Ulrich, who was examining Noella, paused. "Wait, what did you say? Noella is... who?"

"Phantom Surgeon Lunaris," Calvin blurted out, then realized he'd spoken too much. Not everyone knew Noella's secret identity. Facing the stunned Schnabel family, Noella calmly revealed, "Yes, I'm part of Lunaris. It's a team, not just me. There are many of us." "In the grand scheme of things, I just perform surgeries and sign documents. Nothing major," she downplayed her crucial role. Ulrich's knees weakened, nearly dropping to the floor. "You... you're Lunaris? The legend in the medical world?"

Noella nodded, mentioning surgeries she'd done and medications she'd prescribed, things even Marcel hadn't disclosed to his family.

As Calvin hastily left to fetch medicines, the truth about Noella's identity and her incredible contributions left her family in awe.

"Palmer, you knew all along?" Tristan asked, amazed that Palmer wasn't surprised by Noella's dual life.

As Palmer continued to tend to

Noella's bruises, everyone else was left to process the revelation that Noella wasn't just a family member but a medical superhero.

Noella reassured them with a gentle tone, "Don't worry, Dad, it's just a minor skirmish, nothing to lose sleep over."

Ulrich was silent for a moment

before he finally spoke, "Ha, if

Waris is just a minor skirmish, then

what I'm doing now must be playing house."

Swnovel

Back when he was a Doctors Without Borders surgeon, the Phantom Surgeon Lunaris was the legend Ulrich idolized!

He had aspired to be a doctor like Lunaris, saving lives and boasting an unbeaten record in the operating room!

And now, it turns out his life's goal was literally his little sister!

Jasper was flabbergasted.

"Noella, do you have any other surprises we don't know about?"

Noella just smiled.

"Nope, that's about it."

Just being Polaris StarLoadstar and Phantom Surgeon Lunaris, not to mention the head of the Azure brand, was enough to floor the Schnabel family! Jasper had to physically lift his jaw back up.

"Well, that's a relief, I guess. If you had anything else up your sleeve, Jasper here.might just keel over from shock... Now it seems we brothers are nowhere near as impressive as our sister. If word gets out, it might just scare people to death."

Ulrich was not amused. "What's so good about that!"

Now, every time he saw his sister, he'd have to fight the urge to kneel...This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

On the side, Millie's eyes twinkled with mirth as she chuckled, a picture of someone hiding her true talents.

What a turn of events!

And there were still more surprises to come that would astonish them!