Chen Wei woke up screaming three hours later, and Shen Yue was at his side before his eyes even fully opened.
"Easy," she said, holding his shoulders down gently. "You're safe. It's over."
Chen Wei's eyes were wild, darting around the small guest room they'd moved him to. "Someone was inside my head. I felt them there, using my own mouth to speak."
"We know," Wei Liang said, sitting nearby. "It wasn't your fault."
"I remember all of it now," Chen Wei said, voice shaking. "Everything. The training. The years of quiet reports I sent without ever knowing what they truly meant." He pressed his hands against his face. "I've hurt people. Without knowing it, but I still did it."
"You were a child when this started," Liu Che said quietly. "None of what happened to you was your choice."
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