Chapter 153
Author: Vicky
last update2026-05-31 21:42:01

He looked at his men.

His voice dropped into a different register—lower, with a weight to it that had not been there before.

"Beast mode," he said. "All of you. Now."

The response was immediate.

Hands went to pockets—all of them, simultaneously—and emerged with small pills, dark-colored, uniform. Each man looked at what he was holding for exactly no time at all before placing it on his tongue and swallowing.

The effect was not slow.

It moved through the room like a current—eyes changing first,
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