Absorbing the shadow comes at a cost. Pain hits Theo’s body like a wave. His pheromones spike. His vision twists. Another piece of a life already lived too many times. It's just how it is—just waiting for another end and begin a new cycle of his endless suffering.
His job wasn't public. He was EON's ghost, under Augustus' family's shadow, and absorbing the festers is his only life.
Now that an underground group is moving faster than him, cleaning the shadows without a trace, is this a sign of redemption? Will his pain really end this time?
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