Asher's voice was barely more than a rasp, cracked and trembling, but it carried enough desperate urgency to shatter the frozen tension in an instant.Julian's jaw locked, his blue eyes darkening with something fierce and protective, and before Killian could react, he shoved forward with brutal, sudden force, driving his shoulder straight into Killian's chest."Move," Julian snarled.Killian staggered half a step back from the sheer unexpected force of it, more from shock than actual weakness, and in that single stolen heartbeat, Julian slipped past him into the dark room like a shadow finding its home.The sight that greeted him stopped him cold.Asher was slumped against the base of the metal preparation table, half-collapsed, his shirt hanging open and ruined, his skin flushed a violent, feverish red, drenched in cold sweat that clung to every trembling line of his body. His dark hair was plastered to his forehead, his lips parted around ragged, broken breaths, and his eyes — glass
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