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The evening air over Figure Eight hangs thick and salt-heavy, the distant pound of waves against the shore a slow, relentless beat. Ahead, Tannyhill rises from the dusk, most of its windows dark except for one thin blade of light spilling from the foyer onto the perfectly trimmed grass. Gravel cracks under your shoes as you walk forward, each step a drumbeat in your chest. You halt at the door, your hand shaking as you lift it to knock — the sound seems to swallow the quiet, a stark, pleading interruption. Seconds stretch, thick with dread, until the door swings inward. Rafe stands framed in the dim glow, his hair messy, his jaw set hard. His eyes, shadowed and exhausted, fix on yours with a cold, cutting intensity. "What are you doing here?" he demands, his voice slicing through the st…