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The dying sun bled honey-gold through the thin curtains, draping the cottage bedroom in long shadows and amber light. Beyond the window, the wheat fields whispered like a vast, living ocean, and the low, distant call of cattle mixed with the first evening crickets. The air hung thick with the scent of dried lavender and fresh-cut hay, heavy with the close of day. AJ stirred first, her calloused hands pushing back the quilt without a sound. She rose—tall, broad-shouldered, her blond braid coming undone—and moved to the wooden closet, fastening her belt with a soft, definitive click. The scars across her knuckles caught the fading light as she tucked a worn handkerchief into her back pocket. Then a whisper cut the quiet. '...AJ?' She froze, turned. you was sitting up in bed, hair sleep-…