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    “Elliana, I love you too, deeply and irrevocably,” Cole dered.

    Tears gathered in Elliana’s eyes. “Now isn’t the moment to discuss love. I need to know what’s genuinely happening with you…”

    Cole kept his gaze low as he finally spoke. “I guess there’s no point hiding this anymore.” He let the silence stretch, collecting his thoughts. “Elliana, I can feel another episode creeping in. I’m running out of strength to fight it. I’m terrified of what might happen if I lose control before you’re able to fix me. What if I do something we can’t undo?”

    He exhaled, his breath shaky. “More than anything, Elliana, I wish I could just be normal. I want to be the man who keeps you safe. I want to see you happy, to grow old with you, and maybe even start a family. But the truth is, I don’t know if I’m capable of doing those things.”

    Hearing his confession, Elliana’s hands balled into tight fists at her sides. The form she’d been working on, the Elysian Elixir, wasn’t perfected yet. Therefore, she hadn’t nned on telling Cole about it yet. But the pain in his voice told her that his Psychephrenia was ring up again, his control over his emotions rapidly slipping away.

    Cole had always been the model of restraint. For him to finally admit he was losing his grip meant he was past his breaking point. If this spiral continued, it could end in disaster. His very first episode in Podgend had nearly killed him, not just those around him.

    She refused to watch history repeat itself. She would not let him pay that price. “Please, Cole, don’t panic,” she said, her tone calm and steady. “I’ve finally developed a treatment for Psychephrenia.”

    Cole’s breath hitched, hope and disbelief wrestling in his voice. “Are you serious?”

    “I am. I finished it earlier today. I’m calling it the Elysian Elixir,” Elliana replied, her voice soft but sure.

    The words hung between them. Cole tried the name out loud, his tone gentling with wonder. “Elysian Elixir. That’s a beautiful name.”

    “I’m bringing it right to you,” Elliana said briskly. “Tell me where you are.”

    “I left Ublento days ago,” Cole admitted. “I could feel things slipping. I was scared I might lose it, so I went to my private ind. I’ll have my jet pick you up.”

    Elliana shook her head. “That’ll take too long. The jet you gave me is still at Regal Grove. I’ll fly it myself.”

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    He hesitated, clearly shocked. “Wait, you know how to fly?”

    A softugh escaped Elliana. “You’re talking to an S-ss test pilot.” Without waiting for another question, she was already halfway to the stairs. “Just send me the coordinates.”

    A momentter, his location arrived in her inbox.

    Elliana hurried into her third-floorboratory, tossing vials and syringes into a kit. It took minutes to throw on her jacket and make her way to the hangar. Soon, she was in the cockpit, preparing for takeoff under the moonlight.

    As the engines thundered awake, the noise stirred Adah and the others from sleep, prompting them to spill out onto thewn in confusion. By the time anyone reached the yard, Elliana’s jet was nothing but a shining speck on the horizon, swallowed by the night.

    “Adah, why on earth is Elliana flying off in the middle of the night?” Heather asked,pletely bewildered.

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