Morning fog over the Blue Ridge peaks carries the sharp, clean scent of cedar instead of smoke for the first time in what feels like months, drifting soft against glass doors still beaded with the last of the night's dew. Inside the master suite, Wren stands before the floor-to-ceiling windows, buttoning the cuffs of a crisp white silk blouse, fingers moving through the small, familiar motion with none of the armored precision she once used to prepare for a boardroom. The tripartite mark on her collarbone pulses soft and steady beneath the open collar, gold light barely visible in daylight, no longer the aching brand of a rejection ritual but the living sigil of a territory's supreme matriarch. A heavy, quiet tread sounds against hardwood behind her, unhurried, familiar enough now that she doesn't turn at the sound of it. Cassian stops two paces off, holding a steaming porcelain mug of black coffee, dark linen trousers and a fitted black shirt replacing the torn combat leather he
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