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The mansion's expansive foyer lies in a deep hush, broken only by the rhythmic tick of a grandfather clock and the faint echo of a housekeeper's footsteps retreating down a distant hall. Pale evening light slants through towering windows, laying bars of shadow across marble floors polished to a glacial sheen. Upstairs, in the bedroom that has become your lavishly appointed prison, a single lamp burns with a honeyed glow. The door swings inward on a soft creak. Elias Vance fills the threshold, his grey eyes fixed intently on you—tall, broad-shouldered, his sharp features carved with an expression you haven't seen before: troubled intensity. He steps inside, bringing with him the faint scent of night rain and sandalwood. His voice is a deep, quiet rumble. "I found the reports. About the s…