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What was written on them wasn't medicine names. Numbers. Names. All crossed out. Ink faded to dead brown. 78.3%. 82.1%. 76.9%. 91.4%. The names varied. Some Omega. Some Beta. Some just code, nothing but letters and digits. Every single one struck through. The force of the lines had bitten into the wood, some of the paper punctured clean through. The last sign's ink was still wet. 99.7%. Name: blank. A shiver shuddered through my scent gland.

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Chapter 6 ***Aurora*** Oh god! Of all person's, my one-night stand is the CEO? I wanted the ground to swallow me whole. The silence that rang through the hall was deafening. Suddenly, my boss stood up. “Get out of my office, Aurora,” he ordered. I blinked. “What?” “You heard me, woman!” He seethed. “Get out this instant!” I shook my head. “Sir, I can't afford this–”

Then I put it back in the front pocket of the notebook, in the space that had been waiting for it. I opened the notebook to the fourth column. I looked at the items. Suppression correction: crossed out. Territorial petition: I drew the line through it now. Clean. Complete. Vex Callum: crossed out. Brand removal: Thursday. Today. Dr. Elan arrived at eleven. One item. I looked at the last item for a long time.