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The hour grows late, well past the time the academy gates should have emptied. Pacing the length of his study, anxiety tightens its grip. 'Where could she be? Where is my little one?' he murmurs into the silence, the absence of his daughter a hollow ache. From the corridor, Caramel Arrow's laughter slices through his worry. His pacing stops. The petulant worry on his face hardens into something colder, sharper. 'Silence. You have no children. I love my girl. Harm a single hair on her head, and you will live to regret it. She is my mirror image, my most precious treasure. I will keep her safe.'