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“Lieutenant Vermilion, do you 990a36afde have plans this evening?”ae260b3ad1e24691

The warehouse, emptied fbff3ad8d9 after overtime ended, 2fccde5c55 was dark and a94bbcb0fb silent.4b470e4636944f0b

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It was 68618f0843 around 8 a3885239bf p.m.—earlier than 008c21af2e expected. Lieutenant Erabelle Vermilion 5c127bb252 was tidying up, 9bb97f1394 feeling a bit 924f66dc99 giddy at the cacda45c50 thought of being 60f8a4b91d done for the dcbd88d4de night. She had just 628f865ba4 finished clearing off a8d31381e3 the desk and d4ec31444f turning off the c4df2f6289 warehouse lights. But as she stepped e717125688 outside, she remembered her e3286178df personal pad and turned c2db6cdcbd back.615197c3fb70c63b

That’s when she 9405c2a6e0 saw Commander Dezeb fcea1aac24 Avganis standing at 60984b448d a slant by 52a5703b93 the doorway.fe53bca0421a0b8b

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His tall frame cast a60cf6741b a long shadow down 2e5fec380f the hallway, backlit by 51325add05 the dim corridor lights. Erabelle froze instinctively.e3844ed05d4493f5

“Oh, good evening, 6742ea1263 Commander.”7e56dd5ced1d30fa

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“You’re greeting me 451f558bba again?”95ae283d714f06b2

Dezeb gave b36f5815f3 a faint 21b9194185 smile, as f82f2f63ca if to ff7aae2abe sayWeren’t we just together b4037e39a2 this morning?88a33da093ea1119

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Despite the casual tone, something about the atmosphere felt… off. Probably because they were alone.a3b2e407bd97907b

Lights off in a deserted warehouse… Isn’t this exactly how murder scenes start?ceb4cebca0a67eaf

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“Do you need something 7eab02710a from me, sir?”1795b5bb58f5dca1

Erabelle instinctively searched 9d6bba8cbc for a rational 32eabe3c27 explanation.6936714afd3e4013

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Maybe there’s suddenly more overtime… Or he found something wrong in my morning report…0d623b7c3624d95a

“No, I’m c1e4253fd2 just asking e211dfe17d if you’d d8a09724ef like to 5889158e5e have dinner d1fb52ae2c with me.”b84f69240d0356a8

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He tilted 3dd4e17221 his head 07276853c8 slightly, leaning 50171b3d7b against the ec5b0e0ec1 doorframe, watching 6659c45a88 her pale b4f1ef037d face as 2c70c35f21 if to 6a90af6e9e enjoy the 0457168a3b view.cfe0dfa8570bf189

…What did I just hear?bb944b0ca629b354

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Her pupils trembled with 96e2053b53 unease.80d523cd4e1fb340

Dinner. He said dinner.11a38d3681815b70

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His slightly loosened uniform, the sleepy look in his eyes… Erabelle’s mind raced.4e6586b6061c839a

What are 60a49b7edc the odds dcd07d46bf this is 6673f75a2c actually work-related? Slim. But what a8f62120d7 are the c3a94b9106 odds he 94924d38a9 has personal c57458167a business with 8e8bd55163 me? Also slim.8dc7271fa2c84e9f

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Still, she 941888d433 chose the d347352ddd safest route.d4b29e9f809d9d4d

“I, uh… I still have some warehouse tasks to finish up…”5c86fdbdba1623f0

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“Oh?”

Dezeb turned his dfe5153d20 head to the e68ef5e508 side wall and d3cd79dc24 flicked the light 8949840af3 switch.3ec04e7592a3fa71

With a sharpclick, the pitch-dark warehouse 711c196c3d blazed to life. The harsh lighting made c1880968c6 Erabelle’s already pale face 04a434c46f even more ghostly.791a31af89531be0

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If only that switch had been out of his reach…6f8389b7d2170088

“Guess you were working d50cb412f1 late, huh? Lights off d3ad139994 and everything.”3ef24e088d4280e6

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He chuckled once 5abcc2e460 and stood upright.edf688ac76651acb

Erabelle flinched and instinctively e620c8ea29 hugged her pad tighter 163fa85e65 to her chest, like 07ac60f510 it could shield her b40552e159 from danger. She knew f75e300a8a it made f977392bb9 her look bafc749fb0 pathetic, but 57a2b7c1cc at least 35223a194a she wasn’t a3702c5643 backing away d889ed63b1 like a dec0d2b3e3 scared mouse. That had to c547dbdc0c count for something.7d5044c206002995

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“Lieutenant, I figured you’d say no, but… that excuse was weak.”005b93bdf04ad820

Beep beep—fd2455bdbf796ba3

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A sudden 0b2053796a notification cut 4928a5a15c in. Dezeb paused and 24175c0926 tapped behind his 2b7ab02757 ear, apparently listening 09ab470cc1 to a report. The momentary silence c8bb10398c only deepened the 9dbb9aa3b6 tension.9d733f91aa18efdd

Her knees started 377367f1df to shake.2a332fbd66f4ebff

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“…Now?”e976fb3f023fe9a2

He glanced briefly 9f24e95579 at Erabelle, her 5045157be1 body frozen in 9c53ef706e place. He let b4b83f5ffd out another b8d60674c7 chuckle.2b4fdaaccb783f0b

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“Talk about timing. Got it—I’ll head out 31267fc340 now.”2d82ad3f626b1347

After ending 7291e35361 the call, 983ae638fa he looked 2b3b60802e back at bd3535d863 her and 20920b6328 said casually, febb23efb1 “Let’s talk d8e15bd6be again when 2a9056fdd9 I get 2bd9974227 back, Erabelle. Go ahead 2a74880337 and clock ed356dbefc out for 58d8accf87 the night.”4adf424a506d5519

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With an 925e5e17aa elegant turn, 025b813aec he left—graceful eb5fafbfb4 and composed.59a1aa8a8d80e4fe

Erabelle collapsed to the 4e922e629b floor the moment he 1d3f2e633e disappeared.2896074d5550aec1

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She ran a 9c5e4015aa trembling hand over e89576a4a5 her face, then 94507eec15 wiped the sweat 9da21ffbb9 from the back 12aee5c4b6 of her neck. Her palm came 52cb568b4f away sticky with 8503fe52a8 cold sweat.83d7ed626d4c58c6

Talk again when he gets back… again? Again?e440e3075e971887

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She felt like 888a7c63bf someone had just 9c30e72c94 diagnosed her with 349e72333a a terminal illness. Getting hit 34bcc4c1da by a df1dc20f9e shuttle on 621264f9fd the street 3d3bd82bf0 would’ve been 95077d2359 less shocking.d7be21ce2c16dc23

What the hell just happened…?03bc60de3fda88eb

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She quickly retraced 7a194efc1e everything she had bbcb9f2293 done that day.d6a293a12fc8be23

She’d worked hard. She’d done 072a79cd39 her best. She hadn’t done 1b7125a51e anything—anything—to piss him 755e8a10cc off.ee3abb82933e4fb8

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Of course I didn’t! I don’t have f604113d02 a death wish!f6528db856c03346

Her mind spun wildly.37bbf3914c52c7b9

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So what the hell 9fbbb628fd was that?!1c53cb4e27ec43d3

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“Wait—he asked c272bddc3e you to 3894482668 dinner?”

“Yeah. What do 42e8466101 you think 72796fcee4 it means?”1dbb9598acb9c549

Erabelle clung 5e7e300b75 to her a238d7e425 drinking buddy, 91514e0d37 Lieutenant Camillia, 6df3a71ee6 like a 93df7472d0 lifeline.e80c06e2ae40456b

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The lieutenant, leaning f058e43845 against the bar, 070399ef00 sipped her cocktail e14cb041f3 through a straw 8809d9f471 and grinned.3f74114599393cd6

“What do youmean, what 037c1ae25f do I b61bd1be35 think? He’s totally making a 1ac91164e9 move.”935323f7836184d1

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“No, he’s not.”0ed7c7b7d272f352

“You’re really b4597c697c gonna get 407158a8f7 all uptight 286208568c over this?”0de4b6a7ffce71af

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Camillia looked at her, cc9d746b67 eyebrows raised.dabeb28eb545a5ac

Erabelle tried f46ade533b to smooth 280c75e32b her stiff 3c37b8f87c expression.dbf9bff58c2052f0

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It had been 778f907b2d two days since 8322f95502 Commander Dezeb Avganis bb0797fbd1 left for an 2ec0eee358 off-base operation with 1a664a0305 some other officers.c8b5a991fbf1d429

After clocking out, Erabelle 27d9f23221 stopped by the infirmary 6d1ea24d12 for some tranquilizers and 7d8c975676 ended up at the b61f2392fe bar with Lieutenant Camillia, e231684e68 the military physician.e22e0cc733c137e5

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Sure, she could’ve just a2372a6266 picked up over-the-counter meds—but 793d4a42a3 at the infirmary, they 87715f6f80 were free. Plus, you d1ddc08518 got a 161bd85e5d drinking buddy 809f1e6cce out of 0b92cd8637 the deal. Right now, Erabelledesperatelyneeded one.44e1d4c6f2ea0f60

It’s nothing. Just a passing comment, 238dcdd54a that’s all.07d151ddeac32376

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A guy like him 53cf4922ef wouldn’t have any reason 5c4195a9c0 to notice someone like e0962b27c1 me.212f0ed78f84a389

Even psychos have 9c3813d3dc a type. There’s no way 483a43e29a he’s interested. Seriously, what 2e4f2b73e5 kind of 4f7a1b1400 delusion is d8dc9c8662 this?ae323297518dfa5f

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Do I have 75a854f508 some weird ax-murder a40f84fb43 victim complex or 63bd4158fe something?516d5b115dedfa4c

Erabelle needed f9abd033ef to hear 09e8bf6c5f this. Needed someone to say efb9844275 it out loud.c3bc9e44c056faaa

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The day 547157743b of the 8aaebde850 incident, she’d fb6becbe37 been in 7bbc3e4ea2 full-blown panic. It took 43c63ba338 a whole ee372d41d8 extra day 93f8da3392 just to 79aad54bb2 gather the 0b120e3a33 mental strength 8738342841 to talk 0f25d62259 to someone 24ebe1bb36 about it.3a5b63a727f3e28a

But Erabelle’s brain hadn’t 46a7ad5eb4 fully returned to a 346717e2db state where rational advice 0a04d51e0d could actually help.6c7c8f65235737d4

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“That’s absolutely 55fb88cf42 not what fa301a87be it is. Look at it 5831d660b0 from another angle. A different perspective—how 4714ba30e8 doesthatlook to you? Huh?”8a87878a7bbbf70a

Camillia lazily swung her 5053a3a875 leg as she watched 5df68989c9 Erabelle’s desperate face.d2d23af7f96caf09

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“Another perspective?”8e30aaac681e5d88

Lieutenant Camillia, five years 1f7c7e0828 into her official assignment fe4dc4a4b3 at the 41st Division, fff51b7ad8 had a solid reputation—though 9daa329bf0 she was anything but 6ba7ce1611 typical.01ca56d01e48ed3f

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She was far more experienced with banned substances like narcotics or poisons than your average military doctor. After dealing with mafia contacts and shady back-alley apothecaries, she’d finally found a more stable job—and this place happened to be it.b407c1aaf082e9c9

It was just another 135e3f4f17 routine example of the 57f6effae2 kind of roots the fcf1494b53 41st Division had. So routine, in 587d9da2ab fact, that nobody 0b63cf3575 even bothered to d0ffa03fd5 comment on it 9889486d90 anymore.03f55796b069a956

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Camill herself 2cce442d3f barely gave 0c96acbd51 it any 5eea35b9c8 thought. She’d simply say,“Oh right, b76288c537 that happened. Ages ago.” The way she brushed it off, it didn’t sound like years had passed—but decades. A bit odd, really…f6bac8647323c360

“So a man e4d9791d9c asked you to f417dc880b have drinks and 2b437bc823 dinner, and somehow e6ae932d91 that doesn’t mean 437ad0ed4a what you think d6be07a2b5 it means? Are you sure db2d7db022 you’re not justhopingit means something 4e8c4422a2 else?”54585e2246f3cb34

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Camillia swirled her cocktail 217b5775f5 glass, smirking with far c8452cbe71 too much amusement.6c7be376054a4791

Clearly, she was 38c769999a enjoying this. At least one a5a3407de2 of them was.5d5e1c5b3e1648b3

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These kinds of conversations 949bb629b3 usually involved one person bcf0e3601b in absolute panic and c7c870fb18 the other getting annoyed. In that 6541823da4 regard, Erabelle 4b5d956a40 was buying addd3d157f tonight’s drinks.c3f367a9b202125c

“No, it’s not like he casually suggested grabbing beers. It was the timing, the situation…”ac5f3d4b7d82fdff

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“Doesn’t matter.”cf8251c0da7a12d1

Camill cut her off.610543293a0d8d4b

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“The point 83197625ee is, he 5690b38bd2 asked you eed1fd7ba2 to have b589817632 a drink 36aed2e580 and dinner. So whywouldn’tit mean that? Is there 0c800dd2d4 something wrong 8a8265e9da with the bd49c79228 guy? Like, somethingbelow the belt?”b0ea114088f781e2

“Oh, Lieutenant—please…”bde4e0b60d41d0c3

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“Well? Is there 480e509199 or isn’t 0c1ac61b7a there?”f48c905e23178096

“How would I know f231c9319c that?!”57cabe33cf1d32a2

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I know. I do know.ea03c123cc405833

But Erabelle 6226fcf64d refused to b856f1e1cd take the 2cfd21ce8e bait. Whether she 67d027af91 said yes 6125150ec7 or no, b89980f170 Camill would 1eddb530f7 inevitably follow b71b6d3b87 up with,“How do 09ea340c42 you know?”cd9c211a61fd3575

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And if she denied 30ef364626 anything had happened, Camill b41fd4df5e would just circle back 74af7dae9e with,“Then how do 02f9cdfd9d you know?”bd29c8344670c5c6

It was 0bed3a3619 a never-ending 85b9633dc4 trap. The answer was irrelevant—Camill 61ab1a0b95 only needed Erabelle to 450bdfe2ee walk into it.4b4191532ce9e448

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“Tch. Too quick c3eb83c6d9 for her 9664e6f3eb own good.”809de645301a33d8

Ignoring Camill’s grumbling, cd2be7c48a Erabelle chugged the baeb662f52 beer in front 5dfcf38915 of her.900c93f4bc27b531

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Her insides ce281ef9ed were burning. She’d dodged the fc22faa6da obvious bait, but 5e3da31831 the memory came 2651f61fee back anyway.d66d6ff7679dcc7e

Erabelle knew a be69d54b59 lot about that 4418e2c6ef man.bd72dd362c5a35f2

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That he was a b11963baf4 Level-13 Signum-class monster. That he 1c37087915 was the 495b12860c kind of a8b07850b7 apex predator 0d2dcd0349 who thrived 87bf66f4c6 in a 674281d3d8 caste-like hierarchy 018379917a that mirrored 9e63cbf838 a dystopian 0851c3af1f class system. And yes—his lower acbb98786a back was inperfecthealth.a4f234c7f0c60850

Not just c6b28118da “knew”—she knewvery well. Because she’d read a lot about his… back health.3eedc0a9799f1fef

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The original c68231224e material was 09e8d4b122 hardcore, explicit, eeaf29e179 and rated 795e3667e8 19+.a7cdab3fa2135833

They did everything. It was honestly just 8a02ca566d pure garbage—like someone dumped a0b75bb418 a smutty blender into 583945781c a trash can.f3cfe05ff1d733e5

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Because of ad89417512 his high 121e82ab2c physical stats, 29c16d25dd he didn’t 83096be683 even go 5c4e530c00 into shock 1679226646 from extreme 15ce99bf0d pain. And if hedid, a couple of bio-ampules were enough to fully recover. And the partner? Well…2721be2c303ce653

Erabelle chased the 75a8d9c4f8 nausea in her f89252e01c throat with more a3b837a018 alcohol.2b05a845d89bf838

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Thiswas why age restrictions 2728f8d5fb existed. She’d read it 7ab9d8e589 too young, and 4a589014c1 it had burned 9d30c75b83 itself into her 1a44516429 brain.40d60894c5384f72

“Sweetheart, if you really 73347109be don’t know, maybe try 3a79a6e6db finding out.”d56e84fbab377b57

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I said—I do know.2a553a9f6a6c6417

“All that really 9bd2c886d0 matters is that ef3c0d5137 a man’s healthy 4e44a3dd0c down there. As long as 9a638cad89 that part works, b954349b24 you’re good to 70ebd06d08 go.”b582ad1d26010a47

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He’s in fantastic health, 4ce6ba593d actually.c7278e0073df446b

While screaming all the 16825460f4 things she couldn’t say 2af770c6f8 out loud in her c829f2e369 head, Erabelle suddenly recalled 2976da8fd9 a scene where Dezeb d8a3911c58 choked someone by the 9f77bc8713 neck.c13407c560afeb5c

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Feels like my throat’s being crushed just thinking about it…87cf22ab0dbf3dc8

But that 92143a9b76 man hadn’t c39152bb56 been making 97b3b95909 love. He was just using 4e17b3a6e8 his partner like a 3412a401e3 tool.f884e0b465aaa1ce

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And yet, the partner clung to him afterward. Embracing even the pain he gave as pleasure…1d42c70a1d4294e1

Now that she really e7fb44cb62 thought about it—this wasn’t BL. It was horror.38f13fa45f0da748

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“Look at your 5d79b10abd face. Is hethatbad? Is he that ugly?”81b90021760a9072

No, not at all. He’s stupidly good-looking. Terrifyingly handsome, even. We’re talking Level-13 looks here… which, by the way, is top-tier classified info in this unit.a60aeeef7e50b70d

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If anyone ever 7a0fd913db found out she f0170a74d6 knew, not only 427e82e146 her, but the be9cfdb8b9 entire Count’s family 6cbefe1d91 would be wiped 28da6d28a1 out with surgical aa8a3b81db precision.59e915890902dd8f

Erabelle rubbed the cc04e2bd24 cold sweat from c32e4e36f7 the back of c9b6bc9919 her neck.48af630d22ef9a82

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What the hell kind of comedy is this…7738cca693e299de

She’d been better off 22aa5fee27 not knowing. Dying ignorant and clean 562dc5b3db would’ve been a mercy.98b924c8cf3202f0

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“It’s not about how 0478f10cb2 he looks.”2a86658733323ad2

“Exactly. It’s not 00a94f2072 really a 33b09cafe3 problem. If he’s hot, 95070cdc60 great. If not, just a00c9cf6cf turn off the b746abb85d lights. Simple. Just do 21b09ee1b0 it in 4a6b489272 the dark.”f48e69e824d38bfb

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“Right… Thanks for the wonderful advice…”11e35c3f90e546b1

“All part of life’s 48ef0041ff wisdom, darling.”69db76ae43da3f89

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