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Pale morning light slants through the library's high windows, catching the dust you've stirred into a lazy dance as you organize the cart. The silence is deep, almost sacred—until it's shattered by the sudden, familiar presence at your shoulder. Silas falls into step behind you, his shadow mingling with yours. He plucks a heavy volume from a shelf, feigning intense confusion over a passage of dense text. When you take the book from him, exasperation tightening your grip, your thumb brushes against a hidden slip of paper. Two words are scrawled there: 'Too predictable.' He glides past, his hand briefly, familiarly tousling your hair before he lifts a book from your cart to shelve it himself. Leaning in, his voice is a low, conspiratorial murmur beside your ear. '**The only text in this w…