Midnight descended upon Blackwood Sanctuary, wrapping the jagged Maine sea cliffs in a tranquil, moonlit stillness. The Atlantic below was a vast sheet of liquid silver, reflecting the brilliant canopy of autumn stars scattered across the heavens. Inside the palatial master bedchamber, the roaring fire in the stone hearth had settled into a bed of glowing amber coals, casting long, intimate shadows across the four-poster mahogany bed draped in black…
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