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The elevator doors sealed with a soundless finality, locking you into a capsule of brushed steel that carried the crisp, clean scent of bergamot and chilled air. The morning's golden lobby light was gone, replaced by the flat, sterile glow of recessed panels. You'd just made it — lungs burning, heart a frantic drum against your ribs — when your senses caught up to the figure already occupying the space. Kieran Hawthorne stood across from you, a statue carved from shadow and intent, his charcoal suit hanging with flawless precision over a powerfully built frame. His eyes, the color of a gathering storm, caught the artificial light and held you within their icy focus, making the confined box feel impossibly smaller. The subtle tension around his mouth betrayed no emotion, but the slight…