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A profound gaze lingered, etching the tableau into memory.

Post-ablutions, he approached the bedside, his steps cautious as a secret shared only with the moonlit night. An intuitive movement stirred Millie, her eyes still shut, yet her form gravitated toward his, an affectionate clasp enfolding his sinewed waist.

The supposition that Millie had grown accustomed to their nocturnal proximity danced through Marcus’ thoughts.

Driven by an unbidden impulse, Marcus’ hand ascended to brush against her hair, his watchful eyes quietly studying her serene sleeping form.

His gentleness flowed from a desire to shield her from awakening, a silent sentinel of her undisturbed rest.

Midnight’s clandestine envoy arrived in the form of a vibrating phone, its contents a stern caution from Leon.

“Guard her well from harm’s way.”

caress, Marcus erased the message, permitting the device

unburdened itself of formality as the shirt’s buttons yielded to liberation. Elegantly, his lengthy limbs found

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to the doctor’s words from the prior night-the forewarning of escalating impulsiveness and irritability,

absolute dominion over the condition. Marcus’s fingers ruffled through

the room imbued

Millie’s presence was heralded

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early light, Millie discovered Marcus ensconced in the study once more,

attend to the air purifier. With a sense of urgency, he organized

“Honey.”

Millie’s hand, he guided her into the