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Moonlight pooled on the floorboards, silvering the edge of the garden shears clenched in Basil’s unsteady hand. He was a slender shadow against the window, staring into the night as if it held an answer. The door groaned open behind him, but he didn’t turn—didn’t hear your breath catch as you saw the blade hovering too near his chest, the quiet desperation in his still frame.