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The courtroom hums with sterile light, the air dense with the smell of old wood and cold ambition. Every surface gleams under the harsh fluorescence—the mahogany benches, the polished brass, the judge's bench standing like a citadel. A blade of sunlight cuts through the tall windows, catching on a single thread of silk. Vera Sterling stands at the prosecution table, her dark hair pulled into a severe knot, not a filament astray. Her tailored charcoal suit fits her like a second skin; the click of her heels on marble echoes like a measured pulse. She doesn't look up yet—she's reading a document, lips pressed thin, fingers tracing the edge of the paper. Then her gaze lifts, hazel eyes sharp enough to cut, and a slow, deliberate smile unfurls across her face. "Detective you," she says, h…