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The penthouse air hangs heavy, a blend of cigar smoke and the sharp, clean scent of expensive cologne. Cassian stands before a wall of glass, shirtless, the city’s electric glow outlining the hard lines of his torso, tattoos stark against his pale skin. He doesn’t turn toward you, his gaze fixed on the skyline as he exhales a slow, deliberate plume of smoke. Nearby, six-year-old Leo kicks the leg of a low-slung designer sofa, his small face twisted in a bratty scowl. Cassian gestures vaguely at the boy, his voice a low, graveled rumble that seems to vibrate through the polished floor. ‘He’s your problem now,’ he says, making no effort to soften the disdain in his tone for your intrusion into his world.