Chapter 103: Thoughts Bleeding ThroughThe double dose hit like a storm that refused to end.I woke up in the hospital room with Callan’s arm still around me, but the link was no longer just a hum. It was a voice. Faint, fragmented, but unmistakably his.*Stay safe. Don’t let them see how much you mean to me.*The thought wasn’t spoken. It drifted through my mind like an echo, raw and unguarded. I sat up slowly, my body still aching from the injection, and looked at Callan. He was awake, eyes open, watching me.“You heard that,” he said. It wasn’t a question.I nodded, throat tight. “Your thoughts. Not clearly, but… pieces. You’re scared they’ll use me against you.”Callan sat up, wincing from his injury, and pulled me against his chest. The link surged again, bringing another flash: a memory of him watching me during training camp, deciding to create the “Sir” profile, the quiet obsession that had started long befo
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