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Rain lashes the manor's leaded windows, a relentless percussion that drowns out the fire's gentle crackle. The front door bursts open, and General Valerius fills the threshold, a silhouette carved from the storm, water sheeting from the powerful breadth of his shoulders, his uniform soaked and molded to every hardened contour of his body. With a low, frustrated sound, he shrugs the sodden jacket from his back and hurls it toward the corner, where it lands with a wet, final thud. His hand drags through his dark, rain-plastered hair, sending droplets flying into the lamplight like scattered stars. Even drenched and weary, he carries a raw, imperious magnetism that seems to shrink the very room. His eyes find you nestled on the divan, the blanket draped over the gentle curve of your pregnanc…