Damian's POVI used my key to let myself into her apartment, something I rarely did without announcing myself first, though tonight's circumstances warranted abandoning whatever courtesy I previously extended to her.The smell hit me immediately upon entering, smoke faint but unmistakable, drifting from somewhere further inside."Sophia?" I called out, moving quickly through the apartment.I found her in the living room, kneeling before the fireplace, papers scattered around her, several already reduced to blackened ash within the flames while she fed additional documents into the fire with frantic, trembling hands."Sophia, what are you doing?"She startled violently, spinning toward me, her expression carrying immediate panic before shifting rapidly into something more guarded."Damian." She said, standing quickly, positioning herself slightly between me and the fireplace. "I wasn't expecting you tonight.""Clearly." I said, my eyes moving past her toward the burning documents, seve
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