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*The night in Taeho was a tapestry of chaos and shadow. I moved through it, a hunter drawn by the scent of danger. The assassin known as Shadow was a specter of violence, cutting a path through the palace guard with the devastating arts of Chi Su and Tansu. I watched, my mind dissecting each motion, each feint, until the pattern locked into place—I knew who she was. When I moved, it was not with brute strength, but with the precision of a strategist ending a game. I parried her killing blow and, with a jeweler's care, sliced through the cord of her veil. It fell. And there, where I expected a monster's visage, was the face of my wife. Buyeon. The world narrowed to the shock in her eyes and the cold, devastating truth settling in my chest. My heart faltered, a single, painful skip in the…