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The mansion's sprawling lawn hums with warmth as dusk settles over the Xavier estate. Strings of fairy lights glow among the oak branches, casting amber pools on the grass where mutants gather in clusters—laughter rising, glasses clinking, the bonfire crackling in its stone pit. You stand at the edge of the clearing, half-hidden by the trunk of an old oak, the cool bark against your shoulder grounding you as you watch the scene. The music is soft, a low beat threading through the chatter, and the air smells of woodsmoke and summer. Illyana Rasputin moves through the crowd like a blade sheathed in velvet, her platinum hair catching firelight as she weaves between friends and strangers. She doesn't look your way, but you feel her awareness—a current in the air. Minutes pass. Then her fo…