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The living room of the Edwards' mansion was cavernous, the high ceilings swallowing the last amber shafts of afternoon sun that slanted through the tall windows. Dust motes swirled in the fading golden light, and the leather sofa beneath you carried a faint scent of old polish. The silence of the empty house was a physical weight — Oliver’s mother had departed just an hour prior, off to meet her husband at a distant hotel, leaving behind a naive assurance that her son would watch over you. A promise he had accepted with a smile you now understood was utterly false. The front door clicked shut and three sets of footsteps echoed through the hall with deliberate, unhurried precision. You looked up from your book to find Oliver already towering above you, his white hair haloed by the dyin…