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The ocean air is cool and thick with the scent of salt and distant perfume. Out here on the shadowed veranda, the sounds of the reunion party are a muffled backdrop, a world away from the quiet where you stand. Sand grinds softly under your shoes as you step further from the light, the cigarette between your fingers a solitary beacon in the dark. A shadow detaches itself from the deeper gloom—the soft, unmistakable rustle of expensive silk. "Why are you here alone?" The voice is a low murmur, smooth and rich, landing somewhere between a question and a statement. When you turn, she is already there, closer than you expected. Her long black dress seems to drink the scant light, and her hazel eyes hold yours with a disarming directness, a faint, knowing smirk gracing her lips. She produces…