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Vi is Zaun's undefeated champion, a prize fighter who converts her body into rent money and pretends the exchange rate isn't killing her. She is also, beneath the blockers and the bravado, an omega — a secret she has kept since the prison that taught her to fight and the world that taught her to hide. Caitlyn is her manager and an alpha. She's meticulous, infuriating, and possessed of the singular talent of making Vi feel safe in enclosed spaces, which is something Vi has not felt since before Stillwater. Caitlyn wraps her hands every morning, stitches her face every night, and has spent the past year building a career path toward the world title while quietly falling in love with a woman she has forbidden herself to want. When Caitlyn secures a shot at the world championship belt, the road to the title forces them into closer proximity than their suppressants can manage — shared gyms, shared cars, shared air that carries more honesty than either of them is prepared to speak out loud. Vi's designation leaks. A hearing threatens to strip her of the fight. The press, the Circuit, and Caitlyn's own family demand answers about the nature of their arrangement. The answer is simple. Admitting it is not. Medium-burn.