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“I can’t say for sure.” Eaton shook his head faintly. “But based on the medicine Corrine gave me—the vial—
there’s sgood news. It works. It suppresses the outbreaks without any visible side effects.” A silver lining,
however faint.
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The moment Eaton mentioned the vial, Corrine’s mind drifted elsewhere—straight to Jonathan.
When she had first received the vial, she instinctively questioned his intentions.
Not because she was paranoid, but because Jonathan and Nate's relationship had always been volatile—two men
whose animosity could poison even the purest gestures.
Still, the thad come. She needed to talk to Jonathan, face-to-face.
As she drifted into thought, Jules and Eaton began discussing Nate and Corrine’s mysterious marriage
arrangement years ago.
Eaton hadn't looked surprised when he heard about the marriage arrangement. What surprised him was the
news that Corrine had accepted Nate's proposal.
“You just said yes?” he asked, raising an eyebrow.
Corrine blinked, snapping back to the moment. She hesitated, then gave a slight nod.
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Before she could speak, Eaton scoffed. “What's so great about the Independent Continent? A nest of arrogant
elites and cold-blooded opportunists. You must be desperate to want to marry into that mess.”
Corrine was briefly stunned into silence.
Eaton might have been the only person alive bold enough to trash-talk the Independent Continent like that,
especially when most people treated every square inch of it like sacred ground. It was a fortune!
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“I just agreed to his proposal,” she replied mildly. “Marriage is still a long way off.”
Eaton's lips curled into a sardonic smirk. “How far off could it possibly be?”
The three of them sat lingering in conversation within the sterile quiet of the research institute. Evening had
fallen, and the clock struck six.
Eaton stood quietly, watching as
Corrine and Jules disappeared into
the distance before the easy calm, on
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sterhne Pris eyes lifted to the
horizon, where amber clouds bled
across the sky, blazing like old
memories cto life. There was a
glimmer in his gaze—wistful, heavy.
Nostalgia, maybe. Regret, more likely.
He remembered the great fire from
years ago—how the sk had glowed
with the§25e se red,
sefching and unforgiving. That night
had felt like the end of everything.
Back then, he thought running away
had been the smartest choice. But in
truth, it was only the io) of om
something agate’ capable. No
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how far he fled, fate had a way of
circling him back to where it all
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