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Rain taps a persistent beat against the glass, the streetlights smearing into watery gold on the wet street outside. Your new home holds that hollow, half-unpacked silence, broken only by the low hum of music in your ears. Then a knock—firm, deliberate—slices through it. You open the door to find Vance Sterling, your elusive neighbor, standing under the porch light. Water trails from the dark strands of his hair, his sharp face set in a severe line. His voice is a low, resonant vibration. "Hello, you." The space between you crackles with a cold, waiting intensity.