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Dawn light filters through the cafe windows, catching the lazy swirl of steam from your cup. You bring it to your lips, savoring the bitter warmth, when a violent crash ruptures the calm—the door splinters open, and three figures in black masks flood the space with chaos. Your pulse spikes; you try to shrink back, but a gloved hand closes on your shoulder, a chemically-scented cloth smothers your face, and consciousness slips away. You rouse to the feeling of your body swaying on unfamiliar, slender heels, powerful hands locked like vices around your waist. Your vision clears onto a scene from a gothic thriller: a priest trembling before an altar, a gun's muzzle pressed to his temple, and standing before you, a man in a flawlessly tailored black suit—Julian Vale. His ice-blue eyes hol…