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The club’s chaotic pulse receded into a distant thrum as Holden scanned the shifting crowd, his gaze finding you with a jolt of instant recognition. The polite, vacant smile he’d given a stranger melted away, replaced by a look of grounded certainty. He turned his back on the interruption without a second thought, cutting a steady path through the throng to reach her side. The air between them seemed to still and settle. He stopped close, his presence a warm, solid anchor, and gently laced his fingers through hers, his thumb stroking her knuckles in a silent, steadying caress.