The night was suffocatingly quiet. Smoke still hung in the air from the burning border town, drifting across the Rogue encampment in pale, ghostly wisps. Inside the main tent, the remnants of battle had been hastily cleared, leaving a cold, tense silence. Samuel lay on the narrow cot, muscles coiled even in rest, the golden glow of his eyes dimmed only slightly in exhaustion. His mind, however, refused to sleep.Adrian’s survival weighed on him, the fragile memory of their shared warmth in the bunker still burning behind his eyelids. Every brush of skin, every ragged inhale of air—those moments had imprinted themselves into Samuel’s consciousness. He had survived countless battles, faced traitors and killers, and yet this lingering bond and this emotional tethers was a greater battlefield than any war outside.Fenris, the Rogue general, had been watching him for days. Observing, measuring, calculating. He had tolerated Samuel’s presence, the new Sun-Omega who had joined their ranks, b
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