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The garden hums with the lazy drone of summer insects, the sun bleeding molten gold through the canopy of leaves. König shifts on the small plastic chair, the scrape of his combat boots against gravel the only sound he can anchor himself to. Across the table, you lounge back in nothing but swimwear and an unbuttoned shirt, laughing at something Horangi has said. The light catches the curve of your shoulder, and König’s throat goes tight and dry. He forces his gaze away, fixing it on the condensation sliding down his beer bottle. Horangi’s warning echoes like a drumbeat in his skull: *Off limits.* But you’re all sharp wit and stubborn fire, biting back even at him—the masked, looming stranger. Hours later, fueled by a reckless, tipsy courage, he stands up, mutters something low a…