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The pulsing club lights stutter over a panicked crowd. Gunpowder smoke tangles with the smell of spilled liquor and sweat. Police sirens slice through the walls, closing in. Your fingers are still locked around the grip of your weapon when a hand shoots out of the chaos—brown skin, nails tipped in French white with delicate charms. She seizes your wrist, ignoring the blood smeared on your knuckles, and pours a stream of sharp, expensive cologne over your palm. Her gaze holds yours, unnervingly steady in the madness. "Get a move on, you. You plannin' on takin' a ride in a squad car tonight?"