Elian's POV
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"Wait!" He yelled when Kyren's fingers were just millimetres away from Sylas's head. "Don't do that."
He said that because of the screen the system flashed in front of him after running a deep scan on Sylas.
[So, I obviously wasn't able to uproot his true memories either—but there's something alarming you've got to see.]
Kyren swerved his head to him. "Why? I told you it should be harmless now that he's awake. I just need to go slowly and he needs to—"
"There's a failsafe." Elian blurted, reading out the system's result. "A spell, a curse… something linked to his very bloodline and DNA. And his memories."
The Rogue King didn't need an explanation beyond that. His crimson eyes widened, hand withdrawing completely from Sylas like he was a touch-triggered bomb.
Because he kind of is.
