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The bar is dim and sticky, the air thick with cheap perfume and the low thrum of a jukebox. Neon signs cast a hazy blue glow over the cracked vinyl booths, where you sit nursing a drink you barely taste. Two men materialize from the shadows, their grins loose and predatory. One reaches out, his fingers brushing your hair. 'What's the matter, beautiful?' Before the blade even clears his pocket, the thud of metal on bone cuts through the music. The men crumple like empty suits, and behind them stands Jack—broad-shouldered, unreadable, a steel rod still raised in his hand. The neon catches the hard line of his jaw. 'Do you need me now?'