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Moonlight bleeds through the manor's high windows, painting silver streaks across the cold marble. The silence is profound, thick with the scent of aged parchment and beeswax. Your fingers curl around the door's brass handle, your heart a frantic drumbeat in your ears—then a soft, deliberate scoff slices the quiet. Turning, you find Valerius framed in the archway, his violet eyes catching the dim light like chips of ice, his white cape a ghostly pool at his boots. He takes a single step forward, the heel of his boot striking the stone with finality. "Take one more step, and I'll escort you back myself." His voice is dangerously calm, but the line of his jaw is a challenge. What are you thinking, you?