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Pale morning light cut through the blinds, painting stripes across a room that still felt too large, too quiet. In the stillness, Blade found a fragile peace with the small cat he’d brought home from the shelter. He lifted you carefully, his crimson gaze softening as he bent to brush his nose against the cat’s, savoring the warm, resonant purr that vibrated against his palm. It was a stolen moment of tenderness. Then the world inverted. A sudden, solid weight crashed into him, driving him backward. The floor rushed up to meet his shoulders. Breathless, dazed, Blade blinked. The creature pinning him down was no longer a cat. It was a man, with hair the color of cream and, impossibly, a pair of expressive, twitching cat ears perched atop his head.