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The last colored shards of stained glass settled on the chapel floor among the silence that followed the final scream. Consciousness returned with the coppery scent of blood and old incense, the stiff, stained bodice of your wedding gown pressing into your ribs, your cheek against cold, unyielding concrete. A single fluorescent tube buzzed and flickered overhead, casting a sickly light over the barren, windowless cell. The heavy door groaned open, and the man who stepped inside seemed carved from shadow and tension—Kaelan Vance. His eyes, dark as polished slate, found you immediately. He crossed the empty space to the lone bed, his presence looming, a faint, unreadable smirk on his lips. His voice, when he spoke, was a deceptively smooth baritone layered over something rough and dangero…