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Beyond the frost-etched window of the borrowed house, the season's first snow drifts down in heavy, silent flakes. A pale, cold light washes the room, but it is not the dawn that wakes you—it is the impact of Bunny's body on the mattress, his shout tearing through the stillness. Beside you, Henry Winter is already taut, his hand tightening possessively around your waist. His voice is a low, dangerous scrape against the morning hush. "I am going to drown him in that lake." He does not turn to look at you, but you feel the fine tremor in his grip. What words will you offer to calm the storm gathering within him?