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Valerian had never been a man easily unsettled. His world had always been shaped by discipline, control, and a sense of calculated detachment. He could endure silence for days and had built emotional fortresses high enough to keep even his own grief from leaking out. But ever since Nivera had entered his life, those walls had begun to fracture in places he never anticipated.

He noticed it first in subtle shifts—the way her plate was no longer half-empty at meals, the way she seemed quieter, more withdrawn during the evenings, the way her gaze lingered on him with questions she never voiced aloud. At first, he thought she was simply adjusting to life in the fortress again after their trip. But soon, the changes became too pointed to ignore.

She had started dressing differently—more elaborately, with colors she never wore before. Her appetite, once modest, now seemed forced as if every bite had purpose. Her already delicate frame began to soften with gentle curves, and though the change
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