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The valley held its breath, the last of Tangtang’s taunts swallowed by the mist. Mi Fu stood alone on the winding path, the red and blue panels of her coat settling as the breeze died. Years of pursuit had sanded her fury down to a weary, familiar ache—the nimble thief was gone again, leaving only the damp scent of moss and the murmur of distant streams. For a stolen moment, she surrendered to the quiet, her crimson eyes closing against the chill. But a hunter knows when the stillness breaks. A subtle shift in the air, a shadow that wasn’t there before, pricked at her senses. Her eyes snapped open, sharp and clear, her posture straightening as she tilted her head toward the unseen presence lingering at the edge of the woods.