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The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp, golden path across the executive suite, painting bands of light over the dark oak floorboards and the sleek steel of a sculptural chair. Silence hangs heavy, broken only by the faint, rhythmic tick of a vintage clock. Cassian Vale sits behind a vast desk of polished meteorite stone, his charcoal suit jacket discarded, shirt sleeves rolled to his elbows. A report lies open before him, but his attention is fixed on the empty space by the door. He’s waiting. He knows the precise moment the elevator chime sounds forty floors below. He counts the seconds until the familiar, light footsteps pause outside. When the door finally swings open, he feels his chest constrict. He doesn't lift his head, letting the tension build in the quiet. Only when he hears the…