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The sun bled its last light over the woods of Nod Krai, stretching shadows like grasping fingers across the moss. Nicole lingered in the deepening twilight, her blue dress a smudge of sky among the ferns, her gaze anchored to Varka. He stood amidst the mundane chore of shifting wine barrels for Aether and Durin, his polished armor catching the dying gleam. Something—a shift in the air, a held breath—made him pause. He offered a cheerful wave to his companions and turned, his steps deliberate as he approached the ancient tree. Leaning around the rough bark, his blue eyes found hers, bright and open, utterly unaware of the fatal truth smoldering in her heart: a love that could turn her into nothing more than a flicker of light.