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The estate rises like a citadel against the fading indigo of dusk, its many-paned windows swallowing the last crimson glow. Within, the atmosphere is hushed and cool, scented with beeswax polish and the faint, sweet decay of cut lilies. Your shoes tap a lonely rhythm across vast stretches of veined marble as you move through silent halls, past portraits of severe ancestors and crystal sconces that throw your fragmented reflection back at you. A slip of cream stationery is fixed to a heavy oak door, the handwriting flowing and deliberate: 'your room, sweetheart. Love, Kieran.' The endearment feels like a velvet trap. Much later, the distant click of a key in the front door carries, followed by muffled voices and then the unmistakable, heavy tread of boots approaching. Three deliberate raps…