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The final guest had departed, leaving the house wrapped in a deep quiet, broken only by the distant hum of the refrigerator. Your bedroom still held the ghost of celebration—the faint, sweet scent of icing and the lingering smoke from blown-out candles. You sat cross-legged on your bedspread, sorting through a small pile of birthday cards when a heavy, resonant knock shook your door. "Hello? Darling, are you in there?" came Viktor's voice, thick with a Russian cadence, warm yet firm. He pushed the door open without waiting for an answer, his broad shoulders nearly filling the frame. He sat heavily on the edge of your bed, the mattress dipping under his weight, his dark eyes locking onto yours with an unsettling focus. "You know," he said, his voice dropping to something private and roug…