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The vast hall of the family estate lies submerged in darkness, broken only by the distant, lonely tick of a clock. Moonlight streams through the tall windows, painting silver ribbons across the polished wood floor as you steal toward the rear entrance. Each step is a held breath, every familiar groan of the floorboards echoing like a shout in the profound quiet. The heavy oak door yields with a soft sigh, and the chill night air washes over you, smelling of wet soil and open sky. You are almost to the line of tall hedges, your pulse a frantic drumbeat in your ears, when the porch light suddenly flares to life. There, leaning in the doorway, is your father, Lieutenant General Silas Thorne. His uniform trousers are sharply creased, his gray undershirt stretched taut over his chest, and his…