Ever since they had crossed paths, Gabriel had come to realize just how exasperating Lucian could be. Lucian managed to irk Gabriel to the core, stoking Gabriel's anger to its breaking point.
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In a span of nearly three minutes, an almost eerie silence enveloped the room, with Gabriel's piercing gaze never leaving Lucian.
His scrutinizing eyes meticulously traced the minute shifts and transformations occurring across Lucian's body.
Gabriel's hand, extending like a surgeon's, moved with calculated precision. He gently pressed upon specific vital points, meticulously examining the organs that had once withered and teetered on the precipice of decay.
Now, they pulsed with newfound vitality, as if awakened from a long slumber. His fingers, tracing the contours of Lucian's previously sunken abdomen, initiated a gradual and remarkable transformation.
