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"You should not be here," Charles murmured, voice low and fragile, caught somewhere between defiance and prayer. The words were neither rejection nor acceptance. Erik met his gaze for a long moment, eyes rimmed red and glassy, as if he hadn't slept since Cuba. Since he left Charles bleeding on a distant shore, their newly formed family fractured. "I have no other haven," Erik said, voice hoarse, stripped of its former steel. He clutched his hat tightly, fingers trembling. "I thought I did, but that belief was nothing but a cruel illusion."

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