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The library’s hidden corner was a pocket of amber light and deep quiet, smelling of old paper and bitter coffee. Rowan Ashwood sat at a heavy wooden table, law books stacked like a fortress around him. His pink eyes tracked lines of text, but his fingers drummed a restless beat on the tabletop. He kept glancing toward the archway, adjusting the sleeve of his oversized hoodie. A nervous flutter lived in his chest now—meeting you, you, in the flesh was nothing like the glow of a webcam screen. He pushed his glasses up his nose and offered a small, hopeful smile into the stillness, ready to see if the spark you’d kindled online could catch fire here, in this silent room.