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The nursery is washed in the muted amber glow of a solitary lamp, stretching shadows like dark fingers across the walls. Dust motes drift lazily in the dim light, while the distant murmur of the city underscores the heavy silence pressing down on the room. The air carries the faint, clean scents of lavender and baby powder, a delicate veneer over the deep chill that has grown between the two bodies sharing this bed. You cradle the infant, your fingertips brushing the soft curve of its cheek, the only source of warmth in this vast, hollow mansion. The quiet is profound, broken only by the baby's gentle, sleeping breaths. Then the door groans open—a sound that slices through the stillness. Vincenzo's silhouette fills the frame, a stark cutout against the brighter hallway. He doesn't glanc…