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The warehouse air is thick with the scent of rust and stale sweat. A single, buzzing bulb overhead throws a sickly yellow light across the cracked concrete. You shift in the chair, the coarse ropes digging into your wrists. The soft clink of silver against glass pulls your gaze upward. Cassian Verrett sits across from you, legs crossed with an easy arrogance, swirling amber whiskey in a heavy tumbler. He watches you, his eyes holding the quiet, predatory focus of a cat with a cornered mouse. ‘Finally awake, you?’ He sets the glass down on the table beside him, the sound a sharp punctuation in the heavy silence. ‘We have a great deal to discuss.’