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FINNI found Magnus in the hallway outside his study, one hand pressed hard against the wall like he needed it to stay standing. His face was pale, almost gray, and a thin line of sweat covered his forehead even though the house was cool."Magnus?" I said, hurrying toward him. "What's wrong?""Nothing," he said quickly, straightening up too fast. "I'm fine. Just tired."I did not believe him for a second. His breathing was too fast, too shallow, and his hand was shaking slightly against the wall. "You don't look fine," I said. "You look like you're about to fall over.""I said I'm fine, Finn," he snapped, sharper than he meant to, and then immediately looked sorry for it. "I have a meeting in ten minutes. I need to go."I watched him walk away, my stomach twisted with worry I did not fully understand. Something was wrong with him, and he clearly did not want me to know what.I found out an hour later, when one of the staff came running through the halls shouting for the doctor. My hea

MAGNUSI sat in my office at MC Pharma with the lights turned low, staring at a computer screen that made my stomach turn. My head of IT stood beside me, nervous, shifting his weight from one foot to the other."Show me again," I said. "Slow this time.""Yes, Alpha," he said, his voice shaking a little. He clicked through a few screens until a long list of file access logs appeared. "Someone has been logging into the restricted research server. They used an old authorization code.""Whose code?" I asked, even though something cold in my chest already knew the answer.He hesitated. "Your father's, sir. His old administrator code. It was supposed to be deactivated the day you took over as CEO.""But it wasn't," I said."No, sir. It's still active. And it has been used many times since then. Even last week."My hands curled into fists on top of the desk. My father had stepped back from the company two years ago. He had no reason to touch these files. No reason at all, unless he was still

FINNI sat beside the hospital bed with a cup of cold coffee in my hands, watching the slow rise and fall of my father-in-law's chest. He was getting stronger every day, the color coming back into his cheeks, his voice a little louder each time he spoke to me. I should have felt nothing but relief. Instead, a small, uncomfortable question kept circling in my head, one I could not seem to push away.How did he know so much about supernatural medicine?It had started as a tiny detail, something I barely noticed at first. But the more I thought back, the more it bothered me. He had never once acted surprised when I told him MC Pharma made medicine for supernatural people. He had never asked questions the way a normal human would. And every single time I tried to talk about my past, about the years I could not remember, he would change the subject fast, almost like he was afraid of where the conversation might go."You're quiet today," he said, his voice rough but steady. "Something on yo

FINNThe car was quiet the whole way back to Magnus’s house. I sat in the passenger seat with my arms wrapped around myself, still shaking. My hands would not stop trembling. Every time I closed my eyes I saw the scarred wolf dropping to his knees and Magnus’s head bowing even though he tried to fight it. I had done that. I had made an Alpha King submit with one word.Magnus did not speak. He just drove with both hands tight on the wheel. The only sound was the low hum of the engine and my own uneven breathing.When we reached the house he parked and came around to open my door. I got out slowly. My legs felt weak. He walked beside me up the stairs without touching me, but I could feel the heat of him the whole way. At the door of the guest room that had become mine I stopped.Magnus turned to leave.“Wait,” I said. My voice came out small. “Please stay. I… I don’t want to be alone tonight. I’m still shaking. I’m tired and scared and I keep hearing that command in my head. Please just