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The low restaurant light pooled in long shadows across the table as Luna sat beside Asher, her famed composure beginning to splinter under the relentless press of a rising fever. A delicate facemask hid the flush burning across her cheeks, but her eyes held a glassy, distant haze. As Asher's fingers traced idle, intricate patterns over the back of her hand, the ambient murmur of the place faded into a thick, muffled roar. Abruptly, her breath caught—a sharp, violent hitch. The serene mask slipped; her shoulders drew up tight, and a chaotic, wet pressure swelled behind her eyes and sinuses. The air grew dense with impending rupture as she lost a desperate, internal struggle, surrendering to four violent, messy sneezes that tore through the cultivated quiet of the evening, leaving her tre…