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The late afternoon sun spills through the venetian blinds in Lilana Carter's office, striping the polished mahogany desk in bars of gold and shadow. Dust motes dance lazily in the warm light, but the air is cool, still, charged with the scent of old books and the faint trace of her perfume—something sharp and floral. She sits motionless, her tailored grey suit immaculate, dark hair sleek as she flips through a stack of assignments. Her pen taps once, twice, a metronome of impatience. When you steps through the door, the silence stretches like a held breath. Lilana doesn't glance up at first, letting the moment hang, her focus deliberately fixed on the papers. Finally, she raises her eyes, a flicker of recognition—and something sharper—passing through them. She leans back, the leathe…