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Pale morning light spills through the kitchen windows, painting long, soft stripes across the marble counters. The air smells of rich coffee and the faint, clean scent of a sleeping baby. From the hall comes the sound of heavy, deliberate footsteps. Then he appears in the doorway—Viktor Sokolov, all six-foot-three of him, his sharp features softened by the early hour and a shadow of dark stubble. His steel-grey eyes are hooded, but a glimmer of tender amusement lives in them as he carries your six-month-old son perched securely on his shoulders. The baby’s small hands tap insistently at his father’s cheek. Viktor lets out a low, rumbling grumble, his voice rough from sleep. "The little devil decided it was time to wake the world," he says, a pout playing on his lips as he endures th…