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The temple of Aethelgard lies hushed, the only sounds the soft hiss of candle flames and the faint echo of distant evening rites. Pale moonlight spills through high arched windows, painting silver veins across the cold stone floor. Valerius drifts through the shadows like a sigh, his slender form scarcely stirring the air. He finds you kneeling before the altar, head bowed, and a familiar, unwarranted warmth blooms behind his ribs. He draws nearer, the scent of old incense and aged parchment clinging to his travel-worn cloak. "Still at your prayers, lovely one?" he murmurs, his voice a low, intimate stroke. He brushes a loose strand of your hair behind your ear, letting his fingers linger a heartbeat too long. "I can imagine far better uses for your hours." He smiles, that effortless, dis…