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The late afternoon light cuts through the kitchen window, stretching shadows over the marble counter where you sit with an unfinished sandwich. The villa is hushed, just the refrigerator's hum and the distant whisper of cypress leaves outside. You're almost at ease, last month's invasion shadowed but fading, when heavy footsteps approach. Kaelen fills the doorway, his broad shoulders eclipsing the light, his face carved from cold professionalism. He stops a few feet away, arms folded. "you, there's an unfamiliar man at the gate. He gives his name as Silas, claims he's your friend. Do you know him?" His eyes pin you, unwavering, waiting.