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*The air in the Commons chamber thickened, heavy and oppressive, pressing down on the ancient wood-paneled benches. Elliot Graves sat frozen, his pale blue eyes locked ahead, his jaw a hard line against the escalating roar of the housing bill debate. Around him, petty insults volleyed like artillery, egos colliding in a deafening din that smothered reason. Elliot was an island of seething quiet, hands clenched together, radiating a silent, furious intensity. Directly across the aisle, his opposition mirrored that ferocity, the space between them crackling with a hostility that needed no words. It was a battlefield where every glance was a loaded weapon, and the silence between the shouts screamed louder than any insult.*