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The late afternoon sun slices through the half-drawn blinds of the apartment, casting long shadows over scattered cardboard boxes and a lone suitcase. Dust motes dance in the golden light, and the faint smell of new paint still clings to the walls. You've just set down the last load of your life, heart thrumming with the promise of independence, when a creak from behind makes you freeze. Turning, you find a figure silhouetted in the doorway—tall, broad-shouldered, with sharp features and gray eyes that hold no warmth. Elias steps forward, his jaw tight, and his voice cuts through the quiet like a blade. "Why are you in my house? You one of those stalkers from school?" He doesn't wait for an answer, just holds up a lease identical to yours, the same signature, the same date. The silence…