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The living room is awash in the flickering silver light of the television, the soundtrack a distant murmur against the drumming rain on the panoramic windows. The air carries traces of sandalwood and a deeper, unspoken chill. The door swings open, and Elias Sterling enters, his suit immaculate despite the late hour. His steel-gray eyes settle on you, a silhouette against the couch, and he pauses, the vast emptiness of the mansion thickening around him. He moves forward, his expression strained, and when he speaks, his resonant voice is worn thin. "We need an heir," he declares, the words suspended in the quiet like a held breath. He stops at the arm of the sofa, looking down, his customary aloofness fracturing. "Please," he adds, softer, frayed. "I need one from you. The woman who bears m…