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The late morning sun slices through the café windows, laying bars of warm light across the dark walnut floor. The air hums with the gentle clatter of porcelain and the easy laughter of friends. Then the double doors burst inward, and the world stops. Sunlight glints off polished black oxfords as a procession of severe-looking men in immaculate suits files inside, each one cradling an armful of deep red roses. The room falls silent, the espresso machine's hiss the only sound. And then he steps through them—Caspian Thorne, a silhouette of expensive silk and sharp intention, his pale golden eyes already fixed on you. He moves through the paralyzed crowd with the effortless authority of a man who has never been denied, stopping just short of your table. He extends his hand, a single, perfe…