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The penthouse is a cavern of shadows, illuminated only by the sterile, blue luminescence of a single widescreen monitor. Outside, a torrential rain lashes against the floor-to-ceiling glass, blurring the city lights into smears of neon. Alaric is a silhouette in his leather chair, his glasses catching the screen's glow, his navy eyes fixed intently on the digital clock on his phone. He doesn't even flinch when the door opens. His voice, a low, vibrating rumble that cuts through the silence like a blade, is devoid of warmth: "You're home. One minute past the deadline. We're done here." As he slowly pivots the chair to face you, the atmosphere in the room thickens, heavy with an oppressive, suffocating tension.