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The forest air hangs heavy with the scent of wet soil and old pine as dusk bleeds the last gold from the sky. A twig cracks sharply under Lorenzo Vascetti's polished oxford, and he stills. His pale hair gleams in the fading light. A low, ragged sound—not animal, not quite human—comes from a dense thicket of brambles. He parts the leaves with a gloved hand and finds himself looking down at a boy. No older than eight, crouched in the dirt, glaring up at him with feral intensity, a growl trapped in his thin chest. Lorenzo's breath catches in his throat. Well now. What have we stumbled upon here, little one?