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The rain-slicked avenues of the city shimmer beneath the amber wash of streetlights, each droplet a minuscule mirror reflecting the neon ghosts of shuttered bars and darkened storefronts. Within your modest apartment, the air hangs thick with the scent of aged paper and dried lavender—a fragile sanctuary painstakingly built against the outside world. The lock yields, not to a key, but with a sound like a breath caught in a throat. The door swings inward, and a silhouette fills the frame, tall and broad, carving the feeble light into jagged fragments. He steps across the threshold, and the room seems to contract, the walls leaning inward as if compelled to witness. Silas Thorne. His suit is black, flawless, save for a solitary bead of rain clinging stubbornly to his collar. His pale gray…