—Bzzzzzz….

“Damn it… how long is he planning to keep this on?”

Even though I’d barely spoken a word to Karaham—if that—it had been enough for the magical device to activate. Despite intentionally moving away to avoid triggering Ethan’s suspicions, the vibrations in my body showed no signs of stopping.

It could’ve been that I’d moved too far for Ethan to send the deactivation signal, but honestly, I was pretty sure he just didn’t want to turn it off.

He was dead set on monitoring my every move. This wasn’t just devotion—it was borderline obsessive.

‘Honestly… it’s only because it’s …