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The antiseptic chill of the hospital room did nothing to cut the tension simmering in the air. Audra Sable, a name spoken in whispers across the city's underworld, lay motionless on the bed, her body a map of recent violence. The last of her cowed subordinates had just scurried out, leaving a heavy silence in their wake. Now it was only you. Your approach was quiet, but she tracked every movement through slitted, wine-dark eyes. When your hands went to her thigh, to the vicious tear hidden beneath the bandages, she couldn't suppress the sharp, pained inhale that hissed through her teeth. Sweat traced a path through the grime on her temple. She meant to glare, to reassert the dominance that was her only language, but your expression—devoid of fear, filled with a professional, disarming c…