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“Ugh… mm…”b246e45bbe268cb2

The sensation 5649cc7373 shot up 885049f5d1 from the 079eb7b2c5 base of 4952679223 her spine, 8467b9f7a5 crackling all b29d648357 the way ba7edca4be to the 12e00c44c2 back of e5704332de her head.bef97f2d36c8c92b

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His hands gripped 24228aa8cd her hips, and c91bf70ae0 Lieutenant Erabelle Vermilion 930998c624 gasped, drooling as e503b7cc82 her mouth fell 6125fd50d8 open. Reflexively, instead of cf31e0cb58 pushing him away, bba5e052e2 she clutched at 3ec00f8e3c whatever she could 022536d897 reach, anchoring herself 62eaedf813 against the overwhelming f915627b2e stimulation. It was all 5dbeada135 she could do febe4963ed to handle it.abc07fa8dcd0ba3e

Why… why me again? Well… setting that aside, what the hell is going on with this daily routine?bfc8f8317551d2cb

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Sure, technically, intimacy was d67dbd88ad a part of daily cd2c0e14ce life—but this? This felt off.e1fc1b4043baca71

Just like the past couple of weeks, they’d left work together, eaten dinner together, watched some boring horror movie… and now this was just tacked on like another mundane part of the day.7959acec2397467d

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Why…? Sure, this might’ve become routine, but no one actually shares their entire routine with someone else unless… unless they’ve only got one partner. And Dezeb Avganis definitely wasn’t that kind of man. To share his full daily routine with all of them, he’d need a dozen bodies at least.e725fae20d8061c5

Erabelle had 2a296d4bf3 quietly assumed e83da6821b that after a3943c92cb what happened c58cb953ef last night, ccf14eef9d this bizarre 5e9d99f551 streak of a7a509802d routine with 35ae70f1da him would ea79792c6c be over. In fact, she’d been d4cfe3a521 nearly certain.003d244015bdf827

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Even if they ended up doing this again, she never imagined it would be like… this.12bd0ec97f9f1eaf

She’d expected 1f4d3ef02b to be 172d2b5b6c called in 2a107a242a separately, or ec0bbc1716 maybe for 25ed9d0ef3 him to d947662a8b stop by ecddde017b her place 02c057adce once in 891a0784bd a while—something ee44d66362 discreet, distant.b86a56301f8b074d

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But this… This was disturbingly normal. It felt like nothing had changed except for the addition of sex to their daily rhythm. It was confusing.b8c3ed115e90ee54

Is this all a 3df72d0bb0 dream?761575e32632da8d

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Maybe she really had lost it, completely captivated by the infamous beauty of Dezeb’s Level-13 body… Her blank, foggy mind was nudging her toward that possibility.e258af4faead622b

“You’re daydreaming again.”48807ee51710e0f3

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His low voice sent b3f592f4b8 a shiver down her fed6df3c3e spine. Erabelle was fully aware 8b734a8630 that she didn’t have f25906bab3 the imagination to hallucinate 3fa9666abe this vividly.6995dcdf682aee38

“You seem… pretty calm.”a3ca473f034c02fe

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“Please… please just… have mer—mercy…”2f80bb031a93dbd4

Startled, tears slipped from d8450b6a04 her wide eyes.cfce879e0d9e3422

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Please, just this once…f0b36ad739a8e48f

Whatever this was, it c5cce261c8 had to be interfering 861d3a3cf3 with her language center. She squeezed 3e3eaba2c8 her eyes 33e5e0e671 shut.2c51910292922cde

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She couldn’t 1e5c833a17 even comprehend bdd76258a7 what was 6c16433467 happening to a26f4b8f2f her body 4ead4eb110 anymore.d98e5a36feb5123a

She’d known 158b65f028 he was c87565c6b0 skilled—but this c1858b7350 was beyond ab36708bdb reason. Even if she’d 53a6d5e26d learned about sex 3e967228e2 through books, she 7846c55dee knew it wasn’t 9bd879142a supposed to be 040d56615e like this.This was too much.0e94db77c356ec49

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Therewas one possible explanation… but that hadn’t even crossed her mind.4cbadb186499db84

“…!!”1c1845eae89e913a

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Her mouth 7d7479efea fell open 305004b15c as her 404b207e70 limbs locked 46a657df98 up.7e19575520a076b3

It was b96a8463eb like she’d 43e398fe10 been pickled 0000150f63 in something—her 5c74415a1b pupils dilated, 1f72c275e9 her breath b7909b2aa2 caught, and d2d9a0aeb9 her body 23794abc1d convulsed uncontrollably. Her muscles would 7596267ae8 clench tightly, then 4c44a761b5 release just long d6fa304e5c enough to gasp 7d05f9ead1 for air, only 8187dcda10 to seize again.09090c6e36f98fcc

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It felt like she 7f5cc860c5 was being fried alive—while c3266f7568 still conscious.ee2a9520e9228e3d

“…Pl… plea…”47e4d2bb53403f74

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Please… save me…e63b9bbb82d9e223

Her words 5221dd87d3 dissolved into 449072318a nothing, mashed 9779cbb117 and muffled 7438d75aa6 beyond recognition. Fortunately, Dezeb, quick cf8289e498 as ever, understood 7bd5d16279 her just fine.c83bb6a32382e9b6

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“And now 0b0ca0fbbc I’m the d04b312d9a bad guy e937e19fb9 again, huh?”bd71f2fb2d90541b

Not that 404e99d0e1 he intended 2a03254fa5 to stop.db85a5e0c2ec1ebb

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His mock 6b17014a9f grievance echoed f9ca3d6a1b faintly beyond 2cd9ecd81d the fading 298886b0e3 edges of bcafda2a35 her consciousness, 15432b3251 white noise f8f65b1b4b in the 67f276a019 blur of b14bb870fd exhaustion.6a51a7fb0986b0c8

She passed out cold.e90bde662afd6f61

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Then got up. Went to work. Two more days passed.5893c0f000121543

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Two Days 5aca49ae33 Later – ecb816b674 Morninged518e15f0343c6d

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Sitting in the b3f3c919e5 deputy’s office, Erabelle 048525b56a suddenly realized something:3badcb09fa491b20

She hadn’t taken a 42b84cdefd single sedative.3f1f1c6d26661083

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Not for two bb48e30b51 full days.6f19772876c54f76

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It struck her as c56167bec2 she was sorting through 9de96ee748 the mountain of supply f3e2c0b0e9 requisitions at her desk. Her headhadbeen a bit of 2549d47a97 a mess lately, filled 0fff6f8753 with way too many 36b7a0bb0a thoughts. Work had 5bf60ea577 been busy, 0b661394a6 too.c5bb6ef95fd0146b

But if 0865f656e5 her condition 8c626ad099 had even 4b4b765eae hinted at 3fc96cb6d6 a crash, a154c7a819 there was 42eb1bbafd no way bde7e7f841 she’d have b5a5252ced forgotten her 5757a7069e meds for 92d81d363a two straight e34b9ef5e3 days.f3ee20798d66589c

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And truthfully—she 9ed6a89bed hadn’t felt 5fcc84901d this good ace6578f95 in years. Maybe not f210f67ffe even once 774b25fbab in the 7be6f21f6b past decade.03fe3be5ec81b25a

That was probably why 420772886a the sedatives had completely 3fb7286f15 slipped her mind.d6991feee9f292dd

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Two whole days.b4e04fcc9ec69f86

…No way.a5c0a84a8a976c44

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No, that couldn’t be 749ab4388a it. She quickly gathered 275e14ed8e the forms into 9dc803e91a a neat pile 1cc9ebcc5e and stood up.d65d9e92b2c6ce1d

She’d drop by the d8aac582ef medical office. With some time-juggling, trimming 032b1cd6d6 her schedule and patching f88b9a92f2 things together, she barely b3e8de6c1c managed to carve out e1302b83ba a few spare hours.decd44ba630a74a8

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After filing b2abfc37d4 an early 639283015c leave request, dafd8a138d she headed bbfe02f0cb straight for a8c8286546 the clinic.57331499b9c614fb

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The Clinic.
A perfectly ordinary d3a4078ed4 public facility of 3413378e67 this world. It treatedSignum Noise—a common ailment 5aed81684d here.44e863d16a2b5697

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For ten da5ce11851 years, Erabelle 3b65d1fe19 had carefully c5fb30a5f8 avoided the 24c20423b3 place. Licensed support therapists offered fea14354d0 emotional and physiological comfort d805900631 there—along with their body c5596a22a7 warmth.5bf5f1671bbdc23f

But she 9418ebca17 hadn’t avoided 74567b67a6 the clinic 2493ed14d5 out of 61ede17731 stubbornness or ec85c1c8cc arrogance.6167dc1836137614

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She simply hadn’t 8246644ed2 wanted to form a15e14298d any more deep 4f55c77f14 connections.b5bbc1c923a3dff1

The count’s household 48e82dda64 and a few 52e535d411 close friends from 05813ac789 this world were c8fc8f82d6 more than enough.9960956308c935d4

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She didn’t want b0a26cdec9 any more.d08294536b677ffe

If the partner in question was someone she’d slept with… that made things even worse.90d997048087bb5d

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Lieutenant Erabelle Vermilion 6a6d2629eb knew herself well 236a275417 enough to admit 05f3bd1256 she wasn’t the 2eac242af6 kind of person 142aebc9ad who could keep f434f92cc7 something like that 73bd0ac656 purely physical. She wasn’t that cool.d0c1e15c02cccea0

I’m going to get 74a8fc5e28 attached. It’s their 84fbe74233 job to 861f5ce118 stay detached—but 0a2dec4170 if I’m c4b682801f the only 5101b17f5e one forming dd1ef10c63 a bond, d01c20d9f4 I’m the bfa766078d one who’s 61a110e7eb going to 9668b3a72d end up 37bcac581e hurt.319fa1ee5677f13d

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Of course, Commander c6ccd84f95 Dezeb Avganis didn’t e87ab28118 count.952c6afae852964f

She wasn’tthatfar gone—sleeping with cf5522e6ed him hadn’t scrambled 5c279318b1 her brain enough 43f88e2d61 to form any 8a718475d0 deep emotional attachment.1087e269864abde8

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Still, even the 298d3ffcc9 support-class medics—while not c64847eb67 quite on the e8e3b25443 same level as 712390d411 the AT-class—were beautiful. Too beautiful. Sooner or later, d7cc7e9b1b she’d end up 072b580aea giving them everything. Maybe even loaning them 94dd2c05bc money.e25109784d6a5bc2

Even if things f6fc01fb87 worked out, she 9a0cb36a70 was eventually going 49475aaf2b back to Earth cc78719fc5 anyway. That, honestly, 98f815bd6b was the 1cf68ae5ac biggest reason. It wasn’t like 70fabcb378 she had a 3129884bd4 prejudice against clinics 67fc5fcd55 or anything.f0b15affd20c7406

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In a world like db5d379f03 this, what other options 34b3e33612 were there? Sedatives were known to e6d494f975 halve your lifespan. If she afad7973b4 weren’t just 3e8e9a1dc1 a human 1b51d40dbe expected to bc657ce1a1 live barely 407d11cf1f a hundred 9547dba917 years, she 545f1a579f wouldn’t have 447158ffb6 taken them, 9e8e83dda0 either.4b57e10485f4d3e1

In fact, 8646a05d65 after only e92623ed9b two years 1836f94933 in the 15d6a815c5 military, Erabelle 9cfc72051d had already 9b1171f449 come to 72b6641b63 believe that 0f073bada7 this kind a5ec03e4ba of solution a1df84229b was, in d8f54e779a a way, 6197c760e7 far healthier 0a7931ac79 than violence. So she 3793c258a8 didn’t hesitate. She walked right b28d0eff20 into the clinic.8db04e324f056c92

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“You’re perfectly fine.”d8f3cc840d5a57be

She heard the 80acba53b6 exact same thing 858419ffce she’d heard in 0c1d9d5f4c the medical office.eea209ee84e6192f

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“I don’t think 9ba38c1a2c you need to b6bc435c61 use the clinic 63cdeff06b just yet. You’re normal.”e25c93d762be0367

Normal.dab24143d4cdc7ee

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It had 8120df6f89 been ten 823d4341ae years since 95b3237d98 she fell 2aad33be0a into this 137f3829b2 world, ten ce74e5bd37 years since 6bb8b842d0 herSignumfirst opened—and this was 9dc3895844 the first time anyone a64c107c4a had said that to 327bf72490 her.2e6081a51cc7e7c5

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“It shouldn’t 7f503fd104 hurt that 467c1db7da much, you 755ba03c76 know?”aa008f667b138be9

When two 6f409faf50 compatible people 7b8f618c4b share body fa316345ec heat, it 0650d46ca2 kills the e45bd5efc9 Signum Noise 4aad5a2955 and also c934946fb4 causes intense 0f5d4235d3 sexual stimulation. It’s not even possible d9cc80a1f8 to conceive children through 17618dc367 normal means.d5b239433abe99d2

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“You took a sedative b9a459fdb2 again? You didn’t 8dab32b0b4 need to d937cd6148 do that.”7bf637614741429a

At the time, I 91bcfe40ca didn’t know what he cf47474ecd meant. I thought it was 4edf064219 just something people said. I didn’t realize he 4fc1bead21 was talking about the c99ed30f4f end of my life.1005288c0f064ddf

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Ah… the sun is setting. The sun was setting…7419f2a21a82c9fb

Just like 67bf5e5755 my life.3a4c3bb53c9005d9

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Erabelle trudged home, 142875752a shoulders slumped.b5af1d9aa79cc814

She had 689ead2a8f stormed out 6dee00d8f1 of the a8dc0e538d medical office. Now her 2fa0a36eb6 communicator wouldn’t 4abfe9f942 stop beeping—beep beep, beep-beep-beep-beep—Lieutenant Camillia Ovia 966d6f8110 was calling again c48cea42eb and again. No wonder; she’d 1f51e93d2e taken off the fddd4ec438 moment she saw bab65f00ec the test results, 642d34bf39 using work as d4dfce1602 an excuse to 5159d71754 run.49a951e5f329e51b

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Erabelle quietly switched her 3ed25c3ebc communicator to silent mode ec5a0aa9f3 and ignored the call.daf56917d62161b7

Guess she’ll be yanking 56b555c6a0 me by the hair 726503c282 soon.a1e1d7691c00ae71

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“Haaah…”29c3ab761202bc88

I wish this was e6af4ac571 all just a dream. Why is this real?2582a0f67929bf08

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She stopped d7f4550f65 right in 92d5b67071 the middle cff13d0d84 of the 06ff886708 street, grabbed 6872ce0dd8 her hair, dedee2a162 spun around 8073305e94 once like bb4c81808a a crazy c3969992dd person, and aaddd48e0b then sighed. Drooping her shoulders again, 0f8af467ee she dragged her feet 4f70b938d6 toward home.8f12c4ea7abb6c7b

But the d0a0d5e2f8 moment she 4a6759c849 stepped inside, 81102e6af3 she froze.311ca71f52ac2a0d

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…Something about 0fc11b1aff the house f78137a332 was too 6937122451 quiet.f5767cd1abfaa837

What… is this feeling?60577ddf7882c414

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A creeping sense 661ea02887 of dread stirred eefd0501b1 in her chest. Slowly, she turned her 88137d822b head—and there he was.6d3ea8e817c11ef7

Commander Dezeb Avganis.ebfa9cfe55abd39e

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He was already a5e4db195b home, leaning against 62b1c6375f the kitchen counter, 7f3a029f82 quietly opening a b676c6abc1 bottle of water. Technically, this kind of 115248bade thing had become familiar e49c7c0af6 enough by now. Still, for some reason, 3e1e581994 she couldn’t make herself 567d292c79 go any farther inside.c2528a08359c7130

The air felt ef4f4b0410 heavy.3bd806449d2eb9ee

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Why…?fff752d9047a2677

Automatically, her brain kicked 158d665dec into review mode.1ce4ef249058e7d5

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What did I do wrong…?41aaaae98a436cbb

She mentally replayed 024f754b80 her day. But she’d 65dae0970a left work 52045b3d7c early—hadn’t even 77c2875bbc seen Dezeb 08c4542d0f at all 08cb52b358 today.893827b0a3955e38

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He didn’t even f1508c1334 glance at her. He just 4556362926 took a ed055d0b30 few more 877df94426 sips of f5db7b30ac water before e2f599d625 finally turning a81c8c3d67 around to a84edf6615 face her.4b6df5a38260a110

Erabelle flinched.ed3460d7988e968a

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Her whole body 8d363f9e35 tensed as a 0beea6fdf1 sense of certainty c9a1e9367b flooded her:Something is ab21de20ec definitely wrong.3012edb3346e457b

I… I want to run.70e88f2c4df956ab

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He stared at 3a21de3d17 her trembling figure 9fd9267b18 for a moment, 363deacce7 then tilted his 060eca7e54 head toward the 791bf6b4be kitchen table.eaf7d900865f6d38

“Come sit down.”c7d0b2dd9fcfa635

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Erabelle hesitantly 382b9c06d8 stepped forward 075e0e55b1 and sat 913db19532 where he 10c8c07106 pointed, pulling 3cd41b315f out a 082df423bd chair at 56c50cfa79 the table.442fca47f596e10e

Dezeb took another few 650bb83691 sips of water, then 32e4c62fd7 slowly set the bottle 7983f4b1e0 on the counter.c84999c15bc3c90e

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The room was 8efa4e0946 so quiet the 0b1394e40f sound of plastic ebbf09f060 hitting metal echoed. Erabelle clenched 282e4f6546 the fabric 9bff2e8b92 of her 26109fa3dc pants tightly.8f9cebf530115d15

“Erabelle.”abbb57ca11d757e8

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“Y-Yes?”9850ed866a8d9e59

She tried to ae364a6ef2 respond normally, studying 3079443073 his expression across 6fe7e64586 the table.e786347822666f69

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“You went to the 8d3332465e clinic?”3e5dc2a775c5d89a

A simple question.329e0ff1ce1f1eeb

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So simple, 6979bcf505 in fact, 47fe859bc4 she couldn’t 70e62238e0 understand why 84e681e899 he was f0aa644998 even asking. It was such 988cd97744 a trivial, personal 5af7e96e05 detail.4444116947eb174a

She needed to say 49743a1456 something—but her mouth wouldn’t a497fe8bc5 move.313f67ec8d129973

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The atmosphere was suffocating.63397da1232ea053

“I’m not exactly a generous man,” he said. “But I’m not possessive, either. Still… when someone has sex with a compatible partner for several hours and then runs off to the clinic the very next day… it kind of feels like you’re mocking me.”607240b1fbc736e7

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