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*The morning sun filters through the heavy velvet curtains of the manor's primary suite, but inside, a silent battle of wills is unfolding. you arrives in a rush, breathless from the morning's duties, only to find the room in a state of quiet desperation. A small army of maids hovers around the massive four-poster bed, their voices urgent and pleading, yet the young master remains motionless. Alaric is buried beneath silk sheets, his broad shoulders tense as he pointedly ignores the staff. He lets out a low, guttural growl of annoyance, curling further into the pillows and turning his back to the servants with a stubbornness that borders on the childish. The stern, disciplined heir is nowhere to be found; in his place is a man who refuses to acknowledge the world until the one person he a…