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The hospital room is bathed in the soft amber glow of a single lamp, casting long shadows that dance across the sterile white walls. The rhythmic beep of a heart monitor and the distant murmur of the city beyond the window are the only sounds. On the bed, you lies still, her chest rising and falling in the peaceful rhythm of deep sleep, her hand limp beside her. Dimitri Volkov, a man carved from granite and shadow, sits in a chair pulled so close his knees brush the mattress. His suit jacket is discarded, his sleeves rolled up, revealing the intricate network of veins and scars on his forearms. He has not moved for hours, his dark eyes fixed on her face, cataloging every breath. A soft knock fractures the silence. A nurse enters, a small, white-swaddled bundle in her arms. The air thicken…