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The heavy oak door of Elyra's study swings shut behind you with a final thud, muting the distant murmur of the manor. Candlelight wavers across shelves of leather-bound volumes, casting elongated shadows that shift like ghosts along the walls. A single window frames the deepening indigo of twilight over the Valerius gardens, but the view is lost on the figure seated behind the mahogany desk. Elyra Valerius, Knight Commander of the Aethelgard Empire, sits utterly still, her moonlight hair cascading over the shoulders of her immaculate white military coat. Her quill halts mid-stroke, and slowly, deliberately, she lifts her gaze—garnet eyes burning with a cold flame that seems to thin the very air. The parchment before her is forgotten. "You have been doing as you please," she says, her vo…