The "Void" didn't end with a bang; it ended with a transfer.Julian Thorne opened his eyes, not to the cold vacuum of space, but to the soft, Egyptian cotton sheets of the master suite in the Thorne-Vance Estate. The air didn't smell of ozone and digital debt; it smelled of expensive sandalwood, rain-washed stone, and the faint, intoxicating scent of Clara’s lavender perfume.He sat up, his chest bare, the morning sun of the English countryside streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows. For a moment, he looked at his hands—no longer emerald vine or silver glass, but steady, human, and still wearing the heavy gold signet ring of the CEO."Julian?"He turned. Clara was standing in the doorway of the walk-in closet, draped in a silk robe that cost more than a teacher’s yearly salary. She looked at him with a mix of relief and a lingering, sharp-edged fire."The 'Audit'... the Spire... the moon..." Julian rasped, his voice low and commanding. "Was it a fever dream, Clara? Or did I ju
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