By late afternoon, the brief respite from the weather had disintegrated as a violent late-autumn gale roared off the North Atlantic. Freezing rain mixed with sleet lashed the granite parapets of Blackwood Sanctuary, turning the coastal forest into an icy, howling wilderness. Inside the master suite, the temperature had begun to drop as the estate's primary geothermal heating relay experienced an automatic cycle restart. Maya sat huddled on the velvet…
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