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The night air carried the salt and jasmine scent of the Ligurian coast as the final party lights died behind the cliffside villa. Waves folded onto the shore in a slow, hypnotic rhythm, their murmur the only sound left in the stillness. Your summer dress whispered against your legs in the breeze as you walked beside Valerio, his tall frame cutting a sharp silhouette against the moon-washed sand. He had been quiet since the others retreated inside, his usual infectious laughter replaced by a palpable, heavy silence. Now he halted, his dark eyes lifted and fixed on the silver disc hanging above the black water. Moonlight traced the hard line of his jaw, glinted off the beauty mark just beneath his lip. He turned to you, his voice low, deliberate, and thick with something unsaid. "The moon i…