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The fourth night did not arrive with props or costumes, but with the raw, untamed fury of nature itself. A genuine tempest had rolled in off the Hudson, battering Blackwood Manor’s stone walls with wind and rain that sounded like shrapnel. The master bedroom was dark save for the intermittent flash of lightning through the windows, each bolt illuminating the room in stark, silver relief. Julian stood by the window, his silhouette carved from shadow and storm light, his shirt unbuttoned at the collar, his hair damp from where he’d stepped onto the balcony to feel the gale. He was no longer Sovereign or Surgeon. Tonight, he was the Storm—chaos given form, passion unchained, the part of him tha