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?"

Cinna was briefly taken aback. Then, he quickly caught on to what Brooke meant, and his eyes widened. "You mean

"That's right." Brooke nodded.

years, I've tried every possible means I knew of to wake you up, but I haven't been able to. Thankfully, we've

Dustin and asked

knowledgeable in medicine but also well trained in alchemy and occult. He truly is an

up and thank Dustin, but his body was too weak

health and rebuilt his circulatory pathways, it still wasn't possible for him to recover his full strength within such a

are you not able to recognize me after ten years of not seeing each other?" Dustin held

"You do look pretty familiar. Could you be

Logan," Dustin said with a

stared at him with eyes as wide as saucers. He was in disbelief. "You ... You're really Logan?" "The one