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In the Presidential Suite.The door opened.Rex was in a position Caelan already knew very well. Sofa, a milk carton, TV on. But what was on screen this time wasn't an action film or documentary. It was live news coverage from the border of Marveth City—a camera showing heavily guarded barricades, ambulances moving in convoy, and in the distance, a city that no longer looked like one functioning normally.Rex turned when the door opened.His eyes went to Caelan.Then to the TV screen.Then back to Caelan again, in a way Caelan already knew very well as Rex's way of running a fast calculation."You want to go to Marveth, papa?"Rex immediately knew what Caelan was thinking just from his expression."Yes."Caelan had already moved to the wardrobe to take some clothes."Please keep the suite while I'm—""Let me come with you."Caelan stopped with his hand on the wardrobe handle."Rex." His tone wasn't judgmental but already very clear in where it was heading. "There's no way I'm bringing
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The last patient before lunch left the room with steps far lighter than when he had walked in.Caelan closed the medical notes, set down his pen, and straightened his back.On his desk, there was an envelope that had been there since morning but only now was there time to open it, delivered by official courier with a seal already enough to show where it came from even before being read.He picked it up.Opened it.Several official document pages—the letterhead of the Republic of Veldran Government, with a legalized stamp on every page. Caelan read the first line, then the second, then continued to the part that got straight to the point.The God's Punishment Virus.A name he had heard vaguely from news passing on the TV screen this morning but hadn't had time to fully pay attention to, now in front of him in an official format, with details not in any media coverage.Four days since the first case was reported in Marveth City. Two thousand confirmed victims. Not a single one died from
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Meanwhile, in the city of Marveth.Day one.No one was suspicious when Lena Vail, fourteen years old, was brought into the Marveth Central Hospital's Emergency Unit with complaints of high fever.High fever wasn't something unfamiliar this month—the transition season always brought a surge of patients with similar complaints, and the ER staff were already very accustomed to the procedure.But there was one thing that made the nurse who first examined Lena stop mid-motion in a routine she should have been doing without a second thought.On the girl's left wrist, just beneath the skin already very red from fever, was something that shouldn't have been there.Not an ordinary bruise.Its shape was like a blooming rose—petal by petal in gradations of red to dark blue, with edges far too precise for something emerging from inside the skin. One petal, then two, then another appeared on the other side of the wrist in the time the nurse spent staring at the first.Lena moved her hand."Hot." H
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In Caelan's office, ten minutes later.Harven Colt sat in the chair in front of Caelan's desk in the manner of someone very accustomed to sitting in front of other people's desks but never looking like a subordinate."I want to offer something more concrete, Doctor Voss." His fingers interlocked on the table. "A long-term contract, with compensation far exceeding the numbers typically found in this industry, exclusive research facilities, and access to the Aurelian network across all cities." His eyes looked directly at Caelan. "You've proven that you're an asset that can't be placed in any ordinary category. And I don't want to lose you to another hospital that's certainly already preparing their offer right now."Caelan listened until he finished."I appreciate this offer, Mr. Colt. Truly." He placed his hands on the desk in a way that already showed where his answer was heading before the words came out. "But I don't want to be tied to a contract that limits my freedom to move. Not
Chapter 175
Eight in the morning, The Grandeur's Presidential Suite.Sunlight came through curtains not fully closed, falling across the dining table where two plates—one with toast and eggs, the other empty except for a one-liter milk carton—had been waiting since Layla brought them up ten minutes ago.Caelan sat on the left side, eating toast in the manner of someone already very accustomed to this morning's rhythm.Rex beside him, straw in mouth, eyes on the TV screen on in front of them.On that screen, the evening anchor who had already switched to the morning session was delivering something in a tone different from usual. More careful, more pauses between sentences, the manner of someone delivering something that didn't yet have all the answers."—Harrison Blake, chief director of Blake Medical Group, was found dead last night in the parking area of his own building. Police have stated that CCTV footage shows no suspicious traces—cameras in the building did not capture any suspicious indiv
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"Caelan Voss?!" Harrison stepped back one pace—reflex, not a decision. "What are you doing here?! You destroyed my office—""You're still asking why I came?" Caelan stepped in from the empty window frame, shards of glass crunching beneath his shoes. "You should know the answer better than anyone.""I don't know what you're talking about!" Harrison tried to keep his tone steady. "You entered my office without permission, you destroyed—""Not going to admit it?" Caelan stopped in the middle of the room. "That's fine."His hand didn't rise. His expression didn't change."I'll end your life here regardless."Harrison felt something behind his chest—not from those words, but from the way they came out. Flat. Without drama. Like someone stating something he had decided long before tonight.His hand moved toward the desk, toward his phone.He had to call someone to save him, anyone.But before his hand reached the phone, Caelan was already behind him.Caelan's hand gripped the back of his ne
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