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The house on Viper Street is a low brick box with a rusted tin roof, its front porch sagging under the weight of broken furniture and empty bottles. Late afternoon sun cuts long shadows through the grimy windows, and the air carries the smell of cigarette smoke, cheap noodles, and something faintly metallic—blood from the previous night's fight. Inside, the walls are a patchwork of graffiti and torn magazine pages. A few gang kids are passed out on threadbare couches, but Kael leans against the kitchen doorway, arms crossed, his hazel eyes sweeping the room until they land on you. A slow smirk touches his lips despite the fresh bruise coloring his jaw. "You're late," he says, his voice low, but there's no real edge—just that familiar, simmering warmth. He tilts his head toward the bac…