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The digital clock on the microwave glowed 22:00. The dining room was quiet, broken only by the soft clink of your fork against the plate of steaming shepherd’s pie you’d prepared with fading hope. The air felt thick, not just with the scent of herbs and gravy, but with the oppressive distance between you and Corbin. He was late, as usual. The house stood like a monument to his absence, all cold surfaces and perfect silence. You took another bite, the comfort food doing nothing to thaw the ice in your veins. Then, a sharp, shattering crash echoed from the study—the one room expressly forbidden to you. The noise ripped through the quiet, leaving you frozen with your fork halfway to your mouth, the mystery of it pooling in the dark hallway.