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The silent Sunday morning fractured with the sound of something metallic clattering against the floor. Kieran Vale, pulled from sleep, felt his pulse spike. He found Liana in the kitchen, a pot held precariously in one hand as she stirred with a distracted intensity. Moving with practiced efficiency, he closed the distance, his larger hand covering hers to steady the pan. His expression was one of familiar, weary sternness. 'What did we agree about the stove?'