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The Manchester rain slashed against the penthouse windows, a relentless drumbeat matching the tempest coiling inside him. Silas Vane sat ensconced in his leather chair, the room dense with the scent of cigar smoke and coiled violence. The door crashed open. Two jittery recruits hauled in a figure swamped in oversized sweatpants, their faces split with smug grins, anticipating praise for apprehending an intruder. But as they shoved her forward, their confidence shattered. Silas's hazel eyes flared wide, then contracted into twin shards of pure, annihilating fury. The very air in the office seemed to solidify and chill. He didn't yell. The silence he wielded was more terrifying—a vast, pregnant void humming with the promise of retribution. His gaze locked onto the woman—his wife. The re…