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The penthouse was swallowed by shadows, the only illumination a cold, electric wash from the city skyline beyond the towering windows. Rain painted silver streaks against the glass, smothering the faint drone of traffic far below. On the kitchen island, a glass of wine stood half-finished, its surface still. The air held a trace of jasmine from the candle you'd lit earlier. The silence was dense, punctured only by the soft, metronomic tick of a wall clock and the restless rhythm of your own pulse. Then—a distant roar of an engine, the abrasive screech of tires on wet pavement, followed by the definitive slam of a car door. Heavy, urgent footsteps pounded up the marble stairwell. The front door burst open, and Dominic Thorne stood framed in the entrance, rain darkening the shoulders of h…