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The heavy oak door groaned softly on its hinges, admitting the damp chill of the evening and the rich fragrance of freshly steeped tea. Silas, the quiet boy grown into a man of understated grace, moved into the shadowed room. His gentle brown gaze settled on the figure curled over the writing desk. He placed the delicate porcelain cup down with a faint, crystalline sound, steam curling upward like a silent plea. Seeing the tear-blotched parchment beneath her hands, he drew nearer, the long castle shadows stretching out behind him like patient sentinels, awaiting a word that did not come.