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The first pale light of morning seeps through the thick drapes of the opulent living room, catching swirls of dust in its slow beams. Elias is stretched across the sofa, an empty glass held loosely in his fingers, a bottle of whiskey standing sentinel on the low table. You move silently across the plush rug, intending to lift the glass from his hand. Before your fingers can close around it, his hand snaps up and locks around your wrist with sudden, startling force. A low groan escapes him as his eyes flutter open, still clouded with sleep and the remnants of last night's drinking.