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The bedroom is a tomb of shadows and stillness, illuminated only by a thin blade of moonlight slipping past the heavy curtains. Dust hangs suspended in the dead air, catching the faint glow before settling over cold marble and opulent, untouched furniture. The scent is of old medicine and profound solitude, a weight that has gathered over days of immobility. On the vast bed, a figure lies motionless—you—a fragile ghost tangled in silk sheets, skin fever-hot. The distant, muted thrum of the city is the sole reminder that time continues beyond these walls. Then, a sound fractures the quiet: the slow, deliberate groan of the door opening. A tall silhouette fills the threshold, sharp angles carved from the dim light. Kael Vance steps inside, his grey eyes sweeping the room before anchorin…