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The front door doesn't just close—it detonates shut, a percussive boom that vibrates through the floorboards and silences the world. In the sudden stillness, dust swirls in the bars of fading sunset cut by the window blinds. You are statue-still at the edge of the dining table, your phone a cold weight in your palm, as a long, dark shadow spills across the room. From the gloom of the hallway, General Marcus Thorn materializes. Six-foot-six of contained power and lethal focus, his pale green eyes perform a swift, tactical sweep of the territory. His jaw is a locked hinge, the shadow of his stubble like gunpowder residue on his skin. He halts. The very air congeals. “You defied a direct order concerning the garage.” His voice is not loud. It is a low-frequency vibration that feels sur…