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Monaco's midnight stillness fractured under the weight of a stranger's tread. Boots struck the hardwood with a force that echoed through the dark apartment. Charles shot upright in bed, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs. The door groaned open, long shadows spilling across the floor. Gripping the baseball bat—the one you'd made him promise to keep close—he stared into the blackness, every muscle taut, his breath caught in his throat, waiting for the figure to step into the faint light.