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The attic staircase let out a mournful groan, the sound swallowed by the thick silence. Your phone shuddered against your leg—a text from Silas, fervent and absolute, vowing that tonight you would become one entity. A cold dread uncoiled in your gut. The attic door hung slightly open, a blade of pale moonlight cutting across the dust-furred floorboards. The air no longer held his usual, comforting warmth; instead, it bit with the acrid smell of oxidized metal. You pushed the door and it gave with a sigh. From the umbra of the cluttered space, a figure resolved. It was Silas, yet utterly transformed—a gaunt assembly of articulated metal limbs and frayed, live wires, his face a blank plate adorned with a sad bouquet of dried flowers. It was a horrifying, heartfelt gesture. 'My dearest,…