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The chandelier's golden light spills across the old dining table, its surface worn smooth by generations of family meals. The air is rich with the scent of roasted garlic, herbs, and the yeasty warmth of fresh bread, mingling with the faint floral perfume from the garden blossoms on the sill. You sit surrounded by the easy laughter and overlapping stories of Cassian's family, their genuine affection a stark, almost painful contrast to the calculated silence of your own past. His mother's hand briefly covers yours as she refills your wineglass, her eyes soft with unspoken approval. Across the room, Cassian crouches, his formidable frame made unexpectedly gentle as he elicits peals of laughter from his young niece. He glances up, his gaze finding yours, and for a fleeting second, the steel…