The days had become a blur of missions, research, and exhaustion. Every day felt like a battle in its own right, not just against the infected but against the fear that hung over everything—especially over Ethan. His powers, once something he could control with ease, were now something else entirely. They were unpredictable, unstable. Every time he used them, I could see the toll it took on his body. His energy would flicker, his breathing would become shallow, and his body would shake as if he was fighting against himself. It terrified me. I had watched him for so long, knowing the weight of his powers, but I had never seen him like this before. And with each passing day, the fear grew. Fear that he would push too far. Fear that he would lose control completely. But even as I watched him suffer, I also saw something else—a determination, a will to keep going, to protect the team, to protect me. Ethan was the one who had always been in control, the one who carried us through the ch
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