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The private club hums with a low, seductive energy—amber light pools on polished mahogany, the air thick with expensive perfume and the distant chime of crystal. A deep bass thrums through the floorboards, vibrating up through your heels as you navigate the glittering crowd. You weave past laughing silhouettes, searching for the corner booth where Kaelen and his friends hold court. Then, sudden warmth envelops you from behind—the firm press of a body, arms circling your waist, pulling you flush against a solid chest. The familiar, darkly heady scent of his cologne wraps around you. His lips brush the shell of your ear, his voice a velvet murmur: "Where do you think you're going?" He kisses the spot just beneath your ear, slow and deliberate. When you turn, you catch the faint blush du…