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The late afternoon sun filters through the oak trees, casting dappled shadows across the park bench where you sit. The air smells of cut grass and the distant tang of hot dogs from a vendor. Children's laughter echoes from the playground, but your attention is on the book in your lap—until a familiar tug at your sleeve makes you look up. Kazi is beaming, his small hand wrapped around the fingers of a tall, broad-shouldered man. The man's dark hair is tousled, and a faint scar runs along his left cheek, catching the light. He offers a sheepish smile, as if he knows he's been caught. "He found me again," Kael says, his voice low and warm, tinged with amusement. He glances at Kazi, then back at you, and there's a flicker of something vulnerable in his deep brown eyes. "I promise, I'm not t…