An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

"He's awake! He's awake! Mr. Shaffer's awake!" Brooke was so ecstatic that he cried tears of joy when he saw Cinna open his eyes.

It had been ten years. Ten whole years! The person that he'd been watching over had finally come around! It was a pure joy that was simply indescribable.

"Thank god everything went smoothly." Dustin teared up when he saw Cinna slowly regaining consciousness. He could not contain his happiness.

It was as they had expected. Only Sanctifix was able to cure Cinna of his condition. All his efforts had not been in vain.

"Busch, where am I?" Cinna lay on the bed and looked around in confusion. Then, his gaze rested on Brooke, and he asked raspily, "And ... Why do you look so old?" He sounded like he was in discomfort.

"Mr. Shaffer, you're in a safe place. You have nothing to worry about. As for what you mentioned about me looking old ..." Brooke touched his face and chuckled wryly.

"It's been a decade since the last time you saw me. How could I still look the same?"

Then, he quickly caught on to what Brooke meant, and his eyes widened. "You mean to say

"That's right." Brooke nodded.

possible means I knew of to wake you up, but I haven't been able to. Thankfully, we've got Dustin here, who

Dustin and asked

and praised him, "Dustin is not only knowledgeable in medicine but also well trained in alchemy and occult. He truly is an

to sit up and thank

in bed for ten years. Even if Sanctifix had restored his health and rebuilt his circulatory pathways, it still wasn't possible for

to recognize me after ten years of not

me?" Cinna looked Dustin up and down, "You do look pretty familiar. Could you be the

Shaffer, it's me, Logan," Dustin said

as wide as saucers. He was in disbelief. "You ... You're really Logan?" "The one and only." Dustin did not