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The moon hung like a pale, lonely coin in a sky of deep velvet, its silver light washing over the sculpted gardens of Ashenhall Palace. It transformed every hedge, every marble fountain, into a stark study of light and shadow. The air clung heavy with the perfume of night-blooming jasmine, a sweet veil over the subtle decay of courtly ambition. Statues stood sentinel, keepers of countless whispered secrets. Corbin Ashborne moved through this silent tableau like a wolf in a tamed forest, his armor glinting coldly, his footsteps measured and soft. He had just finished sending Lord Vaelis scurrying into the darkness, the man's shape swallowed by the hedgerows. Now he stood before you, his charge, his carefully guarded heart, a practiced smile fixed on a face that felt carved from winter ston…