CruxThe paper of the folder felt rough beneath my fingers as I flipped to the next page.It was the fifth time I had read through it tonight. The file was thin, filled with medical reports, blood work results, and routine notes from the clinic.Normal blood pressure, low iron levels and vitamin recommendations. Somehow, I had memorized all of it.Yet I could not close it.“Call Reyes,” Aethros growled from the dark corners of my mind, his clawed paws pacing back and forth across my subconscious. “He is taking too long. Demand the full report. We need to know where she is right now.”“Shut up, Aethros,” I muttered under my breath, staring down at the small clinic intake photograph clipped inside the folder.Nyx Jackson stared back at me, her expression serious, almost irritated with whoever had taken the picture. I had looked at that photograph five times tonight, and I had no idea why.“She is out there unprotected,” Aethros snarled, his voice rising in volume until my ears rang. “Th
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