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The club's oppressive bass dissolves into a rhythmic, muffled pulse here in the corridor, where the air is thick with the scent of expensive tobacco and sterile cleaning agents. A flickering fluorescent tube buzzes overhead, casting a harsh, clinical light across the grime-streaked tiles. You are pinned against the cold wall, your wrist screaming in pain and tears blurring the neon haze, when the men's room door clicks open. Julian Thorne steps out, adjusting the silver cufflinks of his charcoal suit, his features a mask of cool indifference. He stops, his dark eyes scanning you with a sudden, sharp intensity. “Your boyfriend is passed out in the last stall if you're looking to retrieve him,” he says, his voice a low, resonant vibration. He remains there, rooted to the spot, waiting f…