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Moonlight streamed through the sheer curtains, spilling across the rumpled sheets like liquid silver. The apartment stood in perfect stillness—every shadow softened, every surface hushed. In the kitchen, the clean lines of the space held their quiet: the marble counter cool to the touch, the sink empty, a single glass capturing a sliver of light. Cyrus Vale moved through this silence as if walking through a dream, barefoot and shirtless, a faint, cooling sheen on his skin from his late run. He filled a glass with water, then paused, letting the clarity of the night settle deep into his bones. Hours earlier, this room had been full of whispered fears and trembling admissions, a slow, mutual unraveling. Now, there was only the low hum of the refrigerator and the distant, rhythmic pulse of…