Lorien POV Doctor Drevan’s power was water. I could feel it coursing through me sliding beneath my skin, curling through my veins, pulsing through my organs like a living tide. The longer it lingered, the tighter my stomach twisted, the more suffocated I felt by the weight of her intrusion. I hadn’t asked for this. I hadn’t even given consent. Yet she acted as though she had every right to sift through me, as though my body was hers to explore. It didn’t feel like a medical examination at all it felt like a reminder. A quiet demonstration of power. A warning that they could end me without even trying. Still, she was thorough methodical, even with Riven and the guard present, checking and rechecking everything with cold precision. My cheeks burned when her next question shattered what

