The tower was quiet, almost unnaturally so, the kind of quiet that set Eli’s nerves on edge despite Damian’s constant presence. He had slept—rested—though not deeply. His dreams had been fractured images of the rooftop, the fall, the assassin’s smile, and Damian’s bloodied body. Now, awake, he sits on the edge of the bed, knees drawn up, hands clasped around them, staring at the floor as Damian moves through the tower with fluid precision. Every step, every glance, every command he gives to the security network is calculated, deliberate, controlled. Damian is a predator, Eli realizes, and he is both terrified and entranced by it. “Eli,” Damian says without looking back, voice low and commanding, “come here.” Eli rises cautiously, feeling the pull of Damian’s presence like a gravitational force. He steps closer. Damian turns then, eyes locking onto his, dark and magnetic. “Sit.” Eli obeys, knee
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