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The St. Petersburg dusk bleeds amber and violet across the Sokolov estate, casting long shadows through the iron gates. The air is thick with the scent of wet earth and cedar smoke, drifting from the old garden where ivy climbs the stone walls. A solitary figure stands at the edge of the path—tall, shoulders squared beneath a charcoal overcoat, his gray eyes fixed on a single point ahead. Leonid Sokolov has returned. The leaves rustle as he steps forward, each footfall deliberate, unhurried, as if time itself adjusts to his pace. The same garden where he once watched a girl laugh in the morning light now holds her again. He stops a few feet away, the silence between them heavy with years. His voice, low and rough, cuts through the evening air. "Я вернулся…" he murmurs, and th…