ESSENCE: Desire Without Permission — My Rivals, My Red Flags
he held up the injector, "is not a maintenance dose. It is a refinement. You aren't just going to 'feel better.' You are going to be rewritten."
Anji looked at the needle, his golden-flecked eyes clouding over. The logic in his brain, once sharp and surgical, was fraying into raw, pulsating impulses. He reached out, his hand shaking, desperate for the chemical release. He needed the pain to end. He needed to be, at last, truly absolute.
"Give it to me," Anji choked out, his throat burning.
The Architect moved behind him, pressing his body against Anji’s back, his hands cold and steady as he bared Anji’s shoulder. "Don't resist this time. Let the chemical integrate into the bone marrow."
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