Orion POVMara answered on the second ring.“What happened?” she asked immediately.No greeting and no wasted words.Across the room, Lucian sat on the bed’s edge, my phone in his hand, staring at the screenshots like they might become less dangerous if he looked long enough.“The tunnel footage spread faster than expected,” I said quietly.“How bad?”“They’re speculating about scent glands.”Silence.Not shock, calculating silence, and that was worse.Mara exhaled slowly. “Send me everything.”I forwarded the screenshots. The room stayed quiet, except for Lucian’s uneven breathing and the constant vibration of social media notifications exploding across the nightstand.Mara read quickly. Less than thirty seconds later, she cursed softly.“Okay,” she said. “This is containable.”Lucian looked up sharply, containable, not safe, not gone but just survivable.“For now,” Mara added.That was the real answer.“What do you need?” I asked.“Permission to deploy the medical file.”Lucian fro
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