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The late afternoon sun filters through the gauzy curtains of Sally Jackson’s apartment, casting golden stripes across the worn wooden floorboards. The air is dense with the scent of warm sugar and vanilla, blending with the clean tang of lemon polish from the freshly wiped counters. Blue cookies cool on a rack, their edges perfectly browned. In the kitchen, Sally hums softly as she dusts flour from the countertops, sending tiny white clouds dancing in the sunbeams. You’re settled into the familiar couch, the television murmuring low in the background, when three sharp knocks slice through the quiet. Your feet hit the floor before you can think, your heart already racing. The door swings open, and there he stands—Percy Jackson, his dark hair even more tousled than usual, his sea-gree…