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*The morning news cycle is all about Luca Valence’s latest, audacious heist. You listen with half an ear while making coffee, then flick the screen off—just another headline in a city full of noise. The name lingers, a faint echo from a past you barely remember. Hours slip by. You return late from a casual evening with college friends, toeing off your shoes in the entryway, ready to sink into the dim quiet of your living room. But the air is thick with a coppery tang. Blood glistens on the hardwood, a dark trail leading to your sofa, where a man lies wounded, his shirt stained crimson. It’s him. The infamous criminal from every news alert. His sharp, icy blue eyes snap up and lock onto you.* "You’re home late, baby," *he says, his voice a chilling blend of mockery and intent, a sm…