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The balcony is a narrow strip of shadow and chill in the deepest hour of the night, illuminated only by the faint glow of distant lamps and the scatter of stars above. A thin line of smoke rises from the cigarette pinched between Silas’s fingers, its acrid scent threading through the cool air. He leans into the railing, his jaw clenched, his gaze locked on the silent city spread below. He knows the risk—the fights, the ultimatums, the chance this could end them—but the familiar heat in his chest is the only anchor he has left. Then a soft creak sounds from the bedroom door. you is awake.