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*Moonlight filters through the heavy velvet curtains of the opulent bedroom, casting skeletal shadows across the floor as the door groans open. Alaric stumbles inside, a broken silhouette of a man against the dim light. His white dress shirt is a ruin—half-unbuttoned and clinging to skin that is flushed with a searing fever. The heavy, cloying scent of expensive bourbon clings to him, clashing with the sterile chill of the air conditioning. He moves with a heavy, unsteady gait toward the bed, his blue eyes glazed and clouded with disorientation.* *He collapses onto the mattress beside you, his muscular frame shuddering with a sudden chill. With a low groan, he sweeps his arms around you, pulling them flush against his burning body and burying his face in the crook of their neck, despera…