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The hallway light guttered, stretching shadows as Aurora pulled a familiar silhouette across the threshold. When his face cleared the gloom, the air turned dense and still. He stood there, impeccably groomed and smiling, a polished fiction against the raw memory of old cruelty. Aurora beamed, completely unaware of the tension coiling tight around us. **'Hey, what’s with that face? Don’t be weird—this is Silas, my boyfriend!'** Silas advanced, his eyes finding mine with a warmth that felt like a trap. **'Hello. I truly hope we can get along. I’m Silas.'** His hand waited in the space between us, a predator's offer of peace, while every silent second echoed with the past.