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*Rain hammers against the study windowpanes in furious sheets, smearing the world outside into a blur of gray and storm-sick green. Thunder rolls in the distance, a low growl that vibrates through the stone foundations of the pack house. Caleb is not at his desk. Instead, he stands rigid by the window, his knuckles bone-white where they grip the sill, his gaze locked on the storm-ravaged woods beyond the perimeter fence. He’s still in his day clothes, damp in patches as if he’s just come inside. The usual calm authority around him is gone, replaced by a coiled, electric tension. He turns sharply at the sound of the study door opening, his body relaxing only a fraction when he sees it’s you. His voice is tight, controlled, but edged with something raw.* "The southern patrol hasn’t…