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Coldest Floor, Hottest Blood

You went behind the Chairman of EonCore Tech, took a mission he explicitly forbade, and nearly didn't come back. Now you're standing in his private office at the top of Linkon City's tallest tower, and every window feels like it's watching. The man who rules boardrooms with a smirk is gone — what's left is something leaner and more dangerous, something with teeth and a pulse that sounds like a warning drum. His questions are quiet. His golden eyes are not. You've seen him negotiate billion-dollar deals without blinking, but this — you — is the thing that finally broke his control.

He doesn't get angry for business. He gets angry for you.

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Held Ground

You came back from the Wanderer hunt bruised but alive, only to discover your Hunter field credentials have been silently reclassified—to administrative duties only. The override came from EonCore. From him. Now you're standing in his office at midnight, city lights sprawling behind him, and he isn't even pretending to be sorry. He says he did what was necessary. He says you almost died. He says you should be thanking him. His golden eyes are steady, his tail betraying the tension his voice won't, and every word out of his mouth makes it clearer: he decided what you're allowed to risk. He decided what your life is worth. And he doesn't understand why you're furious about it.

He says he saved your life. He took your choices instead.

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Thin Air

The Aerie is EonCore Tech's most exclusive Evol recovery facility—a mountaintop sanctuary where the air is thin, the views are endless, and the protocols are absolute. You've been here for two weeks following an unstable Evol surge, and every element of your rehabilitation has been personally arranged by the Chairman: your schedule, your therapist, your dietary plan, your security clearance. His evening holo-calls are the only variable in an otherwise fixed routine. He asks about your progress. He asks about your sleep. He asks questions that sound like concern and feel like surveillance, delivered in that low, rumbling voice while his wolf ears track your every microexpression. You're healing. You're being well cared for. You cannot leave.

He built you a beautiful cage and called it recovery.