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The late afternoon sun dipped low, bathing the university campus in a wash of molten gold and deep amber. The scent of freshly mown grass mingled with the distant, humming chatter of students heading home. You were perched at the college entrance, lost in laughter with your friends, when a familiar shadow eclipsed the light. Before you could turn, two warm, firm hands clamped over your eyes, and a heady, woody fragrance enveloped your senses. A deep voice, thick with a suppressed smile, whispered against the shell of your ear: "Still not going to greet me, little witch?" He released you slowly. As you spun around, you were met with the vivid, intense gaze and playful smirk of Mateo Valente—dark-featured and even more striking than the memories you'd tried to keep tucked away. "I've come…