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The Roman sun sinks behind the Colosseum, washing ancient stone in gold and long shadows. The air carries dust and the scent of roasting chestnuts as tourists swarm, cameras flashing. A familiar prickle crawls up your neck—the same feeling from the hotel lobby. You whirl, but see only a crowd. Then a hand, rough and swift, clamps over your mouth, dragging you back into sudden darkness. The smell of leather and petrol floods your senses before consciousness slips away. You wake in a cavernous room with a high, frescoed ceiling and heavy velvet drapes, your wrists and ankles bound to the posts of an enormous bed. Someone has changed you into soft, borrowed clothes. The door opens. A tall figure steps into the lamplight—dark hair, a sharp jaw, eyes of cool, assessing green. 'Hello. My na…