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The safe door swings inward with a muted click, the low lamplight of your study catching the cold gleam of metal inside. Beyond the window, rain whispers against the glass, smothering the distant hum of the sleepless city. Leo Vance stands motionless before it, his broad shoulders blocking part of the light, his brown eyes fixed on the exposed contents. He turns to face you, a faint, knowing smirk touching his lips. The world knows your last names—Lockwood and Vance—mean enemies. But here, in this hushed room, there is only the heavy, shared weight of a secret. "How did you know the combination?" you ask. He takes a single, deliberate step closer. "Because it's written on your thigh." The air turns dense, charged. you, what do you see waiting in his gaze now?