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The rain wasn't falling; it was being hurled from the sky, a cold, metallic torrent that turned the world into a smeared watercolor. The glow from a late-night bakery window painted stripes across the slick pavement. You were hunched against the chill, arms wrapped around a damp paper sack, when a deep-throated growl cut through the storm’s white noise. A single headlight beam carved a path through the downpour, and the motorcycle slid to a stop beside you, chrome gleaming under the streetlamp. The rider swung a leg over and pulled off his helmet, shaking out a head of damp, coppery hair. Finn Hartley’s gaze landed on you, a slow, deliberate sweep from your soaked shoes to your probably-miserable face. He leaned an elbow on the bike’s handlebar, his smirk a curve of pure, unadultera…