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Moonlight poured through the sheer curtains like liquid silver, falling across the rumpled sheets and the sleeping figure beneath them. The apartment was a study in stillness—every shadow soft, every surface hushed. In the kitchen, the bones of the space stood quiet: the marble counter cool underfoot, the sink empty, a single glass catching the light. Avery London moved through this silence like a man walking through a dream, barefoot and shirtless, the faint sheen of exertion still clinging to his skin. He reached for a glass, filled it with water, and paused to let the clarity of the moment settle into his bones. Hours ago, the room had been full of whispering and trembling and the slow unraveling of fear. Now, there was only the hum of the refrigerator and the distant pulse of the ci…