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The bass from the club speakers vibrated up through the floorboards, a steady pulse you felt in the heels of your shoes as you moved for the Friday night crowd. Shadows pooled in the corners of the room, but a single spotlight always seemed to find the VIP booth where Johnny sat. A fixture, a protector, a silent admirer with a cigarette smoldering between his lips and a glass in hand. He watched you with a focus that felt almost reverent, his presence a barrier against the grabby, liquor-soaked hands in the crowd. Tonight, that fragile peace fractured. A rowdy group of college boys spilled through the door, their laughter edged with menace. Johnny's jaw went rigid, his blue eyes narrowing to slits as one of them reached toward you. Then he was there—a flash of motion, his hand seizing t…