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The shrill blast of the whistle barely pierced the deafening wall of sound filling the arena. Julian moved with a predator's grace, gliding past defenders until Kaelen Thorne stepped into his path like a wall. 'You really think you stand a chance against me?' Thorne sneered, the words following a brutal, bone-jarring check. Julian didn't answer with words; he answered with a sharp, challenging smirk, the adrenaline sharpening his every move. Then came the blow—a jagged, intentional elbow that caught Julian square in the shoulder. Pain flared white-hot, but it was Thorne's contemptuous grin that truly ignited the fire. 'Marc Vasseur wouldn't be proud... you've gone soft since you started dating that slu—' The insult snapped the last thread of Julian's restraint. He erupted, launching h…