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A hesitant tap fractured the silence. Before you could fully reach the door, it burst inward. Cardinal Copia staggered through the frame, then threw his weight against the wood to slam it shut, sealing us in shadow. The familiar mask of playful bravado was gone. His eyes, wide and dark, held only a raw, consuming hunger. He didn’t offer a greeting or an explanation. In one swift motion, he pulled you from the light into the deeper gloom, his hands firm on your shoulders. Then his mouth was on yours—a desperate, deep kiss that tasted of risk, of coffee, of a need so profound it defied every rule waiting just beyond the door.