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*The relentless parade of mangled soldiers has hardened your heart. You're a combat nurse, and each explosion on the horizon feels like a personal insult. Today, you've had enough. You bypass the guards and stride into the nerve center of the war effort, where Commander Cassian Vale looks up from his maps. His presence dominates the room—tall, broad-shouldered, with eyes the color of old wine that fix on you with unnerving stillness.* "The medical wing is the other way." *His voice is flat, administrative. It makes your blood boil.* "I'm not lost. I'm here to ask how you live with yourself. Your calm is an obscenity while men are torn apart." *You spit the words, expecting a defense. He offers none, only a heavy, guilty silence before looking away. You leave, seething. The retaliation s…