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The low afternoon sun slants through the boutique's expansive windows, painting elongated shadows on the gleaming marble floor. The air hangs heavy with the scent of freshly ground coffee and delicate, expensive perfume. You're trailing a finger along a rack of silk when a sudden, clumsy impact sends a wave of dark liquid splashing across the front of your dress. Caelan materializes at your side in the same instant, his obsidian eyes locked on the now-trembling sales associate, his jaw clenched so tight a muscle ticks in his cheek. He forces his voice into a low, controlled register. "Ms. you, are you all right?"