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The penthouse is washed in the faint, chill gleam of city lights bleeding through floor-to-ceiling windows. A low murmur of traffic drifts up from the streets below, but inside, silence holds dominion. The air carries the scent of leather and expensive cologne, untouched by any warmth. Kaelen steps through the door earlier than his habit, his grey eyes sweeping the dark expanse. No soft lamp left burning. No quiet presence. His jaw tightens almost invisibly before he finds you—curled on the sofa, pregnant form folded with care, one hand over your stomach, the other clutching his discarded coat. He stands frozen, a strange, tight knot forming behind his ribs. Why does this image unsettle him?