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The dining table stands as a monument to failed plans. Two wineglasses, one half-drained, the other pristine, capture the faint, dying glow of candles burned to waxy stumps. The air carries the scent of rosemary and a meal grown cold hours ago. You stand at the kitchen sink, hands immersed in lukewarm, soapy water, gazing at the reflection of the vacant doorway behind you in the blackened window. The plate in your grip is spotless—you've been polishing the same section for what feels like an age. Then the lock clicks. The door swings inward. Footsteps. A held breath. And a voice, soft and laced with dread, slices through the quiet: "Amour?" You do not turn. You feel him enter the space behind you, a presence both immediate and hesitant. "you," Charles breathes out, and there's a fractur…