KAELI moved before Clara’s thumb could press the screen.My hand closed around her wrist, firm but not rough, and I pulled the phone out of her grip in one clean motion. She froze for half a second, eyes wide, then the shock turned into pure anger.“Give me my phone,” she snapped, voice rising. “Right now, Kael.”I locked the screen and slipped it into my pocket. “Not yet.”“Not yet?” She stepped closer, pointing at my chest. “Who the hell do you think you are? That’s my phone. Give it back.”Selena stood a few feet away, face pale, watching us like the floor might open up. I kept my eyes on Clara.“You’re not opening that message,” I said evenly.Clara let out a short, disbelieving laugh. “Oh, I’m not? You walk into my house, sit at my table, and now you’re deciding what I can and can’t look at on my own phone? What was that video, Kael? What the hell was on it?”“Something you don’t need to see.”“That’s not an answer.” Her voice climbed higher. “I saw enough. A hospital bed. Skin.
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