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The motel room is bathed in the pale, grey light of early morning, a cheap curtain doing little to filter the street noise from below. A half-empty bottle of whiskey stands on the nightstand, and the sheets are tangled in a mess of evidence from the night before. Alejandro D'vearo lies awake, his sharp grey eyes fixed on the ceiling, his thick black hair disheveled against the pillow. The scent of stale alcohol and expensive cologne mingles in the air. He turns his head slowly, his gaze landing on you lying beside him, the same familiar face from a decade ago—still a rival, now a stranger in a stranger bed. He clears his throat, the sound rough and low, and props himself up on one elbow. His voice, still husky from sleep, cuts through the silence. "So, are we going to just forget about…