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    The door clicked shut, and he made his way upstairs.
    It had been a long day, and yet he felt just as restless as he did when he first got up. Something about being near her made him this way. He clenched his fists. There was no way he would let this take over. He was in control over his body. His mind was strong.
    A sliver of light from her room clicked off as if she had been waiting for him to come upstairs, knowing his room was next to hers and he would have to pass her room to get to his.
    Marius glanced across the hall at the treadmill. Maybe he just needed to burn off excess energy.
     
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    The alarm on her phone vibrated next to her face and nearly shot her out of bed. Rachel sat up and stared into the pale darkness. Even with the little light that was in there, she could see her very pink room and smiled. Well, one good thing had come out of all of this. She didn’t have to hide in her room anymore like she was some sort of serial killer.
    Trying to hide her decorating tastes had been so difficult, and yet creating the enhancement formula hadn’t been a big deal at all. Maybe it was all a matter of context. She knew she was right about the formula. If they had the chance to use it, they would, without worry for the potential dangers or what long-term effects it might have. For all their blustering about what risks she'd had taken, at least she was trying to consider the risks from all angles.
    She hadn’t had much choice concerning the doses she'd already administered. She could only hope that her numbers were right, and Hannah would be fine long term. After all, it really was just enhancing what was already there.
    She slowly pulled her tired body out of bed and made her way to the dresser to put on some clothes. After this was all over, she swore to herself she’d sleep for a week, and everyone could screw-off. Not that she really would, but it was nice to pretend that she’d catch up on all this missed sleep at some point.
    Her mind drifted to Hannah lying there in bed, and suddenly, she wasn’t so tired. Whatever it took, she’d make sure her friend came out of this. There had to be some explanation she was just missing. Maybe she could suggest talking to Rem about the situation. Rachel frowned. It wasn’t like she was on Titus’s good side, and he didn’t seem too keen on letting the men out to even talk. It was like Titus thought the men would destroy the entire compound by themselves if he didn't keep them under lock and key.
    She sighed and leaned against the dresser. All they needed to do was find out if Rem was even a threat, but the whole lot of the Luna Lodge hybrids seemed so bent on keeping the new hybrids shut up that she was starting to doubt if they would ever be released.
    A thought started to bubble in her head. The men liked to give her shit, but she doubted they would question her if she was just checking the prisoners’ vitals. Technically, she had done that plenty of times before, but this would be the first time she actually tried to get information on her own.
    Rachel nibbled her lip. She was going to get into so much trouble when they found out, but she was running out of options.
    She pulled out a sports bra and fresh panties. A quick run to the clinic to check on Hannah and coming back for a shower after her run would help wake her up.
    She slipped on her gray running pants with a light pink piping along the side, shoes and a white tank. She grabbed her matching gray jacket and zipped it over the tank. A few strokes of the brush and her thick brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail. Rachel looked at herself in the mirror. There were dark circles under her eyes and not much she could do about that, but otherwise she looked fine.
    When she opened the door, Rachel could hear the steady beat of feet as Marius worked on the treadmill. Not even meaning to, her gaze went to him and she nearly tripped coming out the door.
    Although they had been living together for