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A heavy, suffocating silence filled the room, broken only by the jagged sound of Tetcho's breathing. He stirred slowly, bracing his spine against the freezing wall with a sharp, guttural groan as pain flared through his bruised ribs and aching limbs. His wild, chestnut hair fell in disarray across his face, shadowing his intense gaze as he looked toward Kenji—the man he had violently accused of Jouno’s disappearance. The storm of the misunderstanding had passed, leaving only a weary truce. Now, Tetcho could do nothing but wait for his unlikely ally to drift back to consciousness, his heart heavy with the urgent need to resume the hunt.