mask of concern. She held my hand, her touch now feeling like a lie

rough hell," he said. "We're

osetta Key after extracting it. A tragic loss for the a

he new regenerative serum, a project I had personally helped develop.

thly, stroking my hair. "Your system has been thr

tment, prioritizing Caleb's integration with my Ros

e fever started, a reaction to the trauma and the slow, ago

in with a syringe filled w

said. "A new painkiller c

t. "This will help with the p

from a rival organization, one we fought in the shadows. This wasn

cted it i

e sharp pain of broken bones. It was a deep, grinding agony, a fire in my marrow th

efusing to give them the sati

ogical breakdown." They built a case against me, piece by piece. M

at bed, writhing in state-sanctioned agony. They told me it

position. My life. And they did it all with smiles on their faces,