Paula had noticed how Felix’s stepmother, Camille, always insisted on being the one to wash Felix’s hair, even though she left every other task to the staff. It struck Paula as odd, though she couldn’t quite put her finger on why until Felix’s silent plea unlocked a hidden instinct within her. She waited until the house was quiet, the doctors gone, and even the cameras seemed to blink in weariness.

With unimaginable courage, Paula approached Felix. She softly whispered assurances, her voice a balm attempting to soothe the uncontrolled chaos in his young mind. Her fingers, gentle yet firm from years of toil, hovered over Felix’s head. She hesitated only a moment, wary of crossing boundaries that could cost her more than her position.

With a resolute breath, she touched the spot Felix had pointed to. Beneath the silky, golden strands of his hair, she felt something unfamiliar, something foreign. Her heart pounded as she gently probed deeper. Her fingers, skilled from years of medicine women in her family, found an object embedded painfully into his scalp. It was small, metallic, and unnatural.

Paula knew she had to act quickly. Drawing on her ancestral training, she whispered words of comfort and began to remove the object with deft, careful movements. Felix, though in pain, lay still, trusting this stranger more than any doctor who had examined him.

When the object finally came loose, Paula held it up, her eyes widening in shock. It was a tiny, intricate device, a grotesque marvel of modern technology that seemed to pulse with malevolent energy. As she examined it closer, the implications of its existence became horribly clear. It was a microchip designed to emit electromagnetic pulses directly into the brain, causing excruciating pain without leaving a trace.

The enormity of the betrayal crushed Paula’s spirit. Someone had deliberately implanted this device in Felix, likely to manipulate or control him. Driven by a need for justice, Paula knew she had to confront Jonas with this discovery.

In the morning, she approached Jonas with a calm determination. The weight of her revelation hung in the air as she recounted everything she’d found. She showed him the device, watched as realization and horror dawned in his eyes.

Jonas was a man used to control, but in that moment, he was powerless, his world unraveling. He realized he had failed to protect the one person who mattered most, blinded by trust in the wrong people. His new wife, Camille, had been a master of deception, her ambition and malice hidden behind a veneer of charm.