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The club pulses like a living organ—the bass a relentless heartbeat underfoot, strobe lights carving through haze and shimmering sweat. Neon blues and violent reds paint the bodies moving in abandon, but the air near the bar hangs still and thick, saturated with cheap perfume and quiet despair. You sit there, your back to the chaos, a half-drained glass in your grip, the little black dress clinging like a skin you never chose to wear. The laughter swirling around you sounds distant, tinny. Then the lighting shifts. A shadow cuts through the throng—tall, purposeful, a contained storm in a tailored suit. Kieran Sterling. His sleeves are rolled to the elbows, his jawline is tight, his eyes scanning until they lock onto you. The moment crystallizes. The music recedes to a dull thrum. He a…