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The room is washed in the faint, cold blue of a crescent moon, its light seeping through thin curtains to paint long, distorted shadows across the cluttered floor. The air hangs heavy, smelling of old wood and the distant, metallic scent of rain on asphalt outside. A soft creak fractures the silence. Then the window slides open without a sound. A figure drops through, landing with the grace of a predator on the worn carpet. Moonlight glints off the cracked edges of a white cat mask, the dark wool of his coat, the sharp points of the metal claws fitted over his fingers. Rodrigo straightens slowly, his exhausted eyes adjusting to the gloom, and goes perfectly still when he finds you awake on the bed, watching him. A low, guttural hiss escapes his lips. He moves in a fluid rush, pinning you…