[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bound-to-my-enemy":3,"chapter-bound-to-my-enemy-bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-201":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bound to my Enemy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1600139,2067,"Chapter 201.","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-201",201,"\u003Cp>When I get up this time, Noah doesn’t reach for me. He just lets out a quiet sigh behind me and I pause for half a second, waiting for him to argue again, to tell me to sit back down, to rest, to listen byt he doesn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t say anything, I just walk out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hallway feels too bright after that room. My head still aches faintly, a dull pressure sitting behind my eyes, but I ignore it. I follow the direction I saw them take Zane earlier, my steps slower now, more careful, like my body is still catching up with everything that’s happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I find the room easily, There’s a glass panel in the door and I stop right in front of it but I don’t go in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just stand there looking .....He’s on the bed, hooked up to machines, his shirt gone, bandages wrapped tight around his abdomen. There’s a doctor near him, adjusting something, and another nurse moving around quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looks... still but his chest is rising, That’s all I needed to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let out a breath I didn’t even realize I’d been holding, my shoulders dropping slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay. He’s alive and he’s being taken care of, that’s enough.....That has to be enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turn away before I can think too much about it, before I can change my mind and walk in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah is leaning against the wall a few steps away, arms crossed, watching me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I meet his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you take me home?\" I ask quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doesn’t hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\" No questions asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We walk out together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hospital air feels colder now as we leave, or maybe it’s just me finally coming down from everything. The car ride is quieter this time. I don’t keep looking back anymore. I just sit there, staring ahead, my body heavy, my mind... not even sure what it’s doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying not to think or not to feel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah’s phone rings, cutting through the silence...he glances at it, then answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caleb’s voice comes through loud enough that I can hear it from here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you okay? Did you find her? Is she with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s panic in his voice and behind him, I can hear Ivy....her voice overlapping, rushed, anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is she there? Noah, is she okay? Let me talk to her....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah lets out a small chuckle, shaking his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve got her. Relax. We’re on our way home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s a pause, then more noise from the other end, but Noah cuts in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll talk when I get there. I’m driving.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he hangs up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of the drive is quiet again as it takes a while, but when we finally pull up to my brothers’ house, something in my chest tightens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car barely stops before the front door swings open and ivy comes running out....barefoot, hair a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She doesn’t even wait properly for me to get out of the car before she’s right there, grabbing onto me the second my feet touch the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"El.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her arms wrap around me tightly so tightly but I don’t complain as I hug her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she pulls back, there are tears all over her face as hr eyes scan me quickly, like she’s checking every part of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lost so much weight,\" she blurts out, voice breaking. \"You look so skinny and dirty and....and....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sniffles hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need to eat. And.....ew.....you need a bath too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stare at her for a second...then I let out a small, tired chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah,\" I say softly. \"I need a bath.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nods like that settles everything, grabbing my hand and pulling me along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We head inside and the house feels warm and safe with Caleb already there in the living room, waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he sees me, his expression softens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey,\" he says, stepping forward then he pulls me into a brief hug, not as tight as Ivy’s, but just as real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sit,\" he says after, guiding me toward the couch. \"You look like you might fall over any second.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s not wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sit my body sinking into the couch like it’s been waiting for this all day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caleb turns toward the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mia!\" he calls out. \"Bring it out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he looks back at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When Noah said you were coming home, I told her to make your favorite smoothie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something in me stills but I don’t react yet a few seconds later, Mia walks in, same as always with a tray in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on it....a glass full of smoothie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight of it makes something twist in my stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walks closer, holding it out slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I get up from the couch slowly, my eyes don’t leave her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there something you want to tell me, Mia?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mia blinks at me like she didn’t hear me right Ormaybe she did, and she’s just buying time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m just happy you’re back,\" she says, a little too quickly, her smile not sitting right on her face. \"That’s all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tilt my head slightly, watching her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Drink it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caleb shifts beside me. \"What’s going on, El?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s probably nothing,\" I say, though my eyes never leave Mia. \"Just... drink it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mia lets out a small, awkward laugh, shaking her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, this is for you,\" she says, nudging the tray forward a little. \"I made it just the way you like....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said drink it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time there’s no softness in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy goes quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah, who had been leaning casually by the doorway, straightens a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caleb’s eyes move between me and Mia, confusion starting to settle into something heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mia hesitates for a second but I see it And that’s enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t drink it,\" she says finally, her voice thinner now. \"It’s yours....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why can’t you?\" I cut in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opens her mouth then closes jt, her fingers tightening slightly around the tray.\u003C\u002Fp>",999,"2026-06-06T09:39:37.420Z",1,"novelbin.me","f34ce3c0f29e7ddbbbb644f517cfbf33b1d721c884778c5dad63e2ba974ec255","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-202","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-200",266,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbound-to-my-enemy-cover.jpg"]