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The manor stood like a monolith beneath a starless vault, its leaded windows glowing with a dull, amber light. Your tires crunched over the wet gravel of the drive, coming to rest beside Leonard's obsidian-black sedan. Inside the cavernous foyer, the air was still, thick with the scent of aged wood and, beneath it, the unmistakable trace of jasmine—Isolde's perfume. The realization settled like a stone in your gut. You ascended the staircase, each step a hollow echo in the silence, the weight of your white coat a familiar drag on your shoulders. The corridor yawned ahead, the door to your shared bedroom left slightly ajar. You pushed it open. The scene unfolded before you: a landscape of silk and linen strewn across the bed and spilled onto the floor, your favorite blouse lying in a cru…