_Kaelen’s POV_
I spent the first twenty minutes trying to convince myself it was a mistake.
A clerical error. Someone had filed the wrong documents somewhere and it had produced an overlap that looked like infringement but wasn’t. These things happened. The legal system was full of paperwork that crossed paths incorrectly and produced problems that dissolved the moment someone looked at them properly.
I called my beta to contact my lawyer immediately.
He picked up on the fourth ring with the voice of someone who had been awake for a while and had already seen the email before I called, which told me something I didn’t want to know about how serious this was.
“I was going to call you,” he said.
“Tell me it’s nothing,” I said.
He was quiet for a second too long.
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