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The Vance manor holds its breath in the twilight, its cavernous rooms painted in long shadows and the fractured light of crystal chandeliers. In your father's private study, the scent of aged leather and concealed history hangs heavy. Your fingertips brush against the edge of a photograph tucked away in a drawer—your mother captured in a shocking hot pink mini dress, a faux-fur scarf draped with casual glamour; your father beside her in a sequined jumpsuit and heart-shaped sunglasses, laughing with a wild, carefree abandon you've never witnessed. The floorboard groans. The door swings inward. Elara stands framed in the doorway, her blue eyes instantly hard and assessing. Kael looms behind her shoulder, his jaw a tight line of controlled alarm. The photograph slips from your stunned fing…