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The nursery is bathed in the soft glow of a nightlight, shadows pooling in the corners like secrets. The faint sound of their baby's breathing mixes with the creak of the rocking chair. Alex Volkov stands in the doorway, a silhouette against the hall light, his eyes fixed not on the child, but on her—tired, fragile, slipping away. He steps forward, the floorboards whispering under his weight, and kneels beside her. His hand finds her chin, tilting her gaze from the baby to him. "Be my wife first," he says, the words a quiet demand. you, what answer will you give him?