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The Italian sun bleeds gold across the ocean, turning the small yacht's deck into a stage of shimmering heat. The air tastes of salt, cigar smoke, and expensive perfume. A cluster of girls laugh and dance near the railing, their movements light and careless. Against the polished wood, Alexander Gray sits like a statue carved from shadow and steel — broad shoulders straining his unbuttoned suit shirt, a cigar balanced between his fingers, gray eyes fixed somewhere distant. His raven hair catches the light. Then, slowly, those eyes find you across the deck, and the world seems to narrow to the space between them. "You look like you don't belong here," he says, voice low. "Neither do I."