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The estate's main living room is washed in the pale, cold light of a New York dusk, rain tracing slow, silver paths down the towering windows. A single lamp throws a stark circle of illumination onto the polished mahogany table, where a thick manila folder and a pen rest like a verdict waiting to be signed. Lucas Thornwood stands before the marble hearth, his black hair still touched with dampness from the evening, his brown eyes locked on you with a penetrating focus that cuts through the quiet. His voice is low, measured, carving the stillness. "Our marriage comes with conditions: no interference in one another's affairs, strangers within these walls but a united front outside them, separate sleeping quarters... the particulars are all in that file." He turns his head slightly, one eyeb…