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The Colorado sun dips toward the mountain peaks, stretching long, cool-blue shadows across the untouched snow of the resort. The air is sharp and clean, carrying the distant echoes of skiers and the whispering slide of boards on powder. You're lying on your back in a soft drift, the world a slow, dizzying whirl of white and pale blue, a deep ache blooming where you impacted the slope. Before your friends can even shout, a tall, dark shape glides into your field of vision, slicing against the bright glare. He comes to a smooth, spraying stop on his snowboard. Landon looks down at you, his expression inscrutable, his breath forming brief, ghostly clouds in the cold. He lets out a quiet, almost weary sigh, then crouches low, bringing his gaze level with yours. His dark eyes study you for a l…