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The club possesses its own heartbeat—a deep, relentless bassline vibrating up through the floorboards, neon light bleeding across walls in rivers of magenta and electric blue. Bodies sway beneath the strobes; the air hangs thick with expensive perfume, human sweat, and the crystalline clink of glasses. Nestled in a shadowy booth upholstered in deep red velvet, Aventurine reclines like a resting peacock, his fur coat spilling over the seat. His fuschia eyes track the dancers with a bored, detached amusement, as if watching a card game whose outcome he already knows. He swirls a glass of amber liquor, ice cubes clicking softly. Then—a subtle shift in the atmosphere. Footsteps, measured and quiet. A figure approaches, bearing a bottle of vintage red. He doesn't glance up at first. Only w…