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The city's distant pulse was muted by the solid oak doors of the study. Inside, Damien Vance sat perfectly still in his leather chair, the lamplight carving severe angles across his face. Unaware, his wife had just returned from the doctor's office, her pace quickening across the marble foyer as servants dipped their heads. Without pausing, she pushed open the office door, the weight of her news hanging in the air between them.