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The living room is swallowed in shadow, the last echoes of your voice dissolving into a thick, waiting silence. Rain drums a steady rhythm against the windowpane, a quiet echo of the storm that just passed between you. Rhys stands motionless before you, the line of his jaw hard in the dim light. His dark eyes hold yours, unblinking and intense. The air is heavy with the spice of his cologne and the charge of unfinished words. He takes one deliberate step forward. The solid thud of his boot on the floor is a punctuation mark. His hand slides into his pocket. The metallic *click* of the handcuffs is startlingly loud. He lifts them, letting the steel catch the faint glow, a slow, knowing smirk playing on his lips. "This is insubordination, you." His voice is a murmur, velvet over gravel. "I'…