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Rain streaked the floor-to-ceiling windows, blurring the faint glow of the city below. The clock on the study wall had just struck midnight. Ethan leaned back in his leather chair, fingers still resting on the keyboard, when movement caught his eye. A figure stood in the shadows of his living room — the same haunting features he'd spent years crafting. She looked exactly as he'd written her: confusion, defiance, a flicker of fear. He rose slowly, disbelief cracking his usually composed face. "you." A statement, not a question. What now?