The Prison King Returns

How Can an Ex-Convict Cure Her?

For ten years, Elias had seen nothing beyond concrete walls and iron gates. Now, for the first time, he stood beneath an open sky.

He remained still for a moment, his eyes fixed on the road stretching beyond Blackstone’s massive gates.

Ten years.

They had taken his childhood. His family. His future.

His jaw tightened as a dark, simmering vengeance moved through him.

And he intended to take everything back.

“Shall we go?” Marcus asked carefully.

Elias gave a small nod.

A black SUV was waiting outside the prison. Two armed guards opened the doors respectfully, but Elias had already entered the rear executive seat before Marcus could reach it.

Marcus followed quietly and sat beside him.

The driver started the engine, and the vehicle pulled away, leaving Blackstone behind.

About an hour later, they arrived at Greyhaven’s most prestigious private hospital.

The building towered above the surrounding streets, its glass walls reflecting the city lights. Private security guarded the entrance, and expensive vehicles filled the driveway. It was the kind of hospital where only the wealthiest families could afford treatment.

Marcus stepped out first and personally opened Elias’s door.

Several nurses in the lobby froze.

Some recognized Marcus immediately. Others stared at Elias, confused by the tall young man dressed simply but carrying an unsettling presence.

They moved quickly through the hospital until they reached a private VIP ward.

Marcus opened the door.

Inside, a seventeen-year-old girl lay pale against the white sheets. Her delicate features looked almost lifeless, and her breathing was shallow.

Beside her sat an elegant woman in her early forties. Despite the exhaustion visible on her face, she maintained a straight posture as she held her daughter’s hand.

At the foot of the bed stood a senior physician in his late fifties, dressed in an expensive coat over his medical uniform. His expression immediately hardened when he saw Elias.

“Vanessa,” Marcus said urgently, stepping inside. “I’m here. I brought someone who can save Lily.”

Vanessa looked up.

Her eyes moved toward Elias, studying him carefully before her expression changed to confusion.

The doctor turned as well, scanning Elias from head to toe.

“…This?”

Vanessa slowly stood.

“Marcus, who is this young man?”

“He’s—”

“A consultant?” the doctor interrupted. “From which institution? I don’t recall requesting another specialist.”

Elias remained silent.

Marcus cleared his throat.

“He’s not from a hospital.”

Vanessa’s expression hardened.

“What does that mean?”

Marcus hesitated before answering.

“He has saved many lives inside Blackstone.”

The doctor blinked.

“…Blackstone?”

Vanessa stared at her husband.

“You brought someone from Blackstone here?”

Everyone knew what Blackstone Penitentiary was. Anyone who entered its walls was considered dangerous, and the inmates inside had reputations that terrified even seasoned criminals.

“He’s no longer a prisoner,” Marcus quickly explained. “He was wrongly accused and—”

“A former convict,” the doctor interrupted with contempt.

He stepped closer to Elias.

“And you expect someone without a medical license, academic training, or professional credentials to succeed where I and a board of specialists have failed?”

His voice rose.

“This is an insult to the medical profession.”

Vanessa looked at Marcus as though he had completely lost his mind.

“You replaced certified specialists with… this boy?”

Marcus tried to explain.

“You don’t understand. He’s different. I’ve personally witnessed what he can do. Men who were declared dead—”

“Prison tricks?” the doctor scoffed. “Improvised treatment? Street medicine?”

His eyes settled coldly on Elias.

“Do you even understand the severity of her condition?”

Elias finally looked at him.

“If you don’t want me here, I’ll leave.”

His tone remained completely calm.

“I have no interest in arguing with an inexperienced doctor who can’t even identify the illness in front of him.”

The room went silent.

Marcus stared at him.

Vanessa’s eyes widened.

The doctor’s face flushed with anger.

“Inexperienced?” he snapped. “I have practiced medicine for over thirty years! No hospital in Greyhaven has identified her condition. We have consulted specialists from overseas.”

“And yet,” Elias replied, glancing toward Lily, “you still haven’t noticed what is wrong.”

The doctor’s expression darkened.

“You arrogant child—”

“It’s Meridian Vein Collapse.”

Everyone froze.

Elias continued calmly.

“Her life force is being blocked at three primary junctions—the heart channel, the solar plexus, and the lower core. That’s why her blood tests appear relatively normal while her organs gradually weaken. You’ve been treating the symptoms instead of the cause.”

Vanessa’s breath caught.

The doctor narrowed his eyes.

“How could you possibly know that?”

Elias looked at him without hesitation.

“I knew the moment I entered the room.”

Marcus stared at Elias in disbelief.

Vanessa looked between them, and for the first time in months, a faint trace of hope appeared in her eyes.

But the doctor quickly recovered.

“That’s absurd.”

His voice was filled with disdain.

“Meridian Vein Collapse is not a recognized medical condition. You’re inventing terminology to make yourself sound intelligent.”

He adjusted his glasses.

“There is no such diagnosis in modern medicine.”

“You’re making it up.”

The fragile hope in the room began to disappear.

Vanessa tightened her grip around Lily’s hand as the heart monitor continued its steady rhythm.

Marcus stepped forward.

“Enough. We’re giving him a chance.”

“Marcus!” Vanessa snapped. “Have you completely lost your mind?”

Her voice trembled.

“If anything happens to Lily, I will never forgive you.”

The doctor shook his head in disbelief.

“Warden Vale, this is madness. You are allowing an unlicensed ex-convict to experiment on a critically ill patient inside my hospital.”

He turned toward Elias with open contempt.

“This is a scam. He is taking advantage of your desperation. Send him back to Blackstone before this becomes a legal disaster.”