Sienna woke to find Luca standing in her room—his room, technically, the one he'd moved her into weeks ago; dawn light filtered through the curtains, painting everything in shades of gray and gold. He looked like he hadn't slept; his clothes were the same ones he'd worn yesterday, wrinkled now, and there was something haunted in his eyes that made her sit up slowly, instinctively wary. "What's wrong?" she asked, her voice still rough with sleep. "I need to talk to you," Luca said, his voice strangely flat. "Now, before I lose my nerve, before I convince myself silence is kinder." Sienna pulled the blanket around herself, suddenly feeling vulnerable in her sleep clothes. "It's barely sunrise, Luca; whatever this is, can it wait until—" "No," he interrupted, moving closer. "It can't wait; I've spent all night thinking, pacing, trying to find the right words—and I've realized there are no right words, no gentle way to say what needs to be said." He sat on the edge of the bed,
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