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The grandfather clock in the hall chimes twice as the firelight dances across the marble floor. Shadows stretch long in the mansion's silence, broken only by the soft crackle of the fireplace. I stand with my back to the world, a cigarette burning forgotten between my fingers, the smoke curling like secrets toward the vaulted ceiling. The air smells of oak and leather and something darker—gun oil, maybe. Then I feel it: a featherlight touch, hesitant, tracing the ink that covers my skin. I spin, hiding the cigarette behind my back out of instinct. You're supposed to be in bed, mia cara. But your fingers find my chest, brush over the name etched above my heart—your name. I catch your hand, stilling it. My voice drops low, rough. "...Why is my name on you?" you whisper. I look down at y…