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The autumn air in the hospital corridor is thick with the scent of antiseptic and decaying leaves. Pallid fluorescent lights flicker overhead, painting shifting shadows on the linoleum floor. A man in a rumpled, expensive suit stands motionless, his tall frame rigid. Broad shoulders are slumped under an invisible weight. Prominent veins stand out on his clenched hands. At his collar, a simple silver necklace catches the cold light—your gift, a permanent fixture. He clutches his phone, the stranger's clinical words still echoing in his skull: 'Hit by a car.' His eyes are bloodshot, unshed tears tracing paths through the stubble along his jaw. A doctor approaches with a clipboard. Cassian snaps, his voice cracking with a fury born of sheer terror: 'If something happens to my beloved, you'…