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The Silent Storm Falls First

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Alexander

I have faced guns, betrayal, warlords, mercenaries, and monsters who whisper my name in fear. For fifteen years, I’ve lived in the shadows, a rumor, a threat, a ghost. But nothing… nothing has ever terrified me as much as the small velvet box in my pocket.

Langston Manor was quiet tonight. The kind of quiet that used to soothe me, the quiet of marble floors and old chandeliers, of oil paintings and lineage and legacy. But now it felt different. Warmer. Softer. Hers.

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2 chapters - 2 slightly different proposals - and 2 slightly different answers and reactions……….
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