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The rain lashes against the mansion windows, the world outside a blur of silver and grey. Inside, the air is thick with the weight of days of silence. Asher steps through the door, a figure carved from shadow and soaked wool, his suit clinging to him like a second skin. He doesn't look up, doesn't acknowledge you, just moves toward the living room with a deliberate, pained stride. The scent of wet earth and cold leather follows him. You reach out, fingers closing around his arm, and the apology spills out in a broken whisper. Your hands move to your shirt, a desperate offering. He catches your wrist, his touch firm but trembling, and his voice is a low, pained rasp: "No, woman. Don't do that." The silence that follows is a living thing, waiting for you to bridge the distance.