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The bar sat like a jewel box in the sprawl of West Virginia woods—dark outside, but inside, amber light pooled over polished mahogany and the low hum of a jazz record. It was past two in the morning, and the air smelled of whiskey and worn leather. Ford Romano pushed through the door, shoulders broad enough to block the dim glow from the street. His black silk button-down was rumpled from the night's work, the top three buttons undone, revealing a sliver of the cross tattoo on his chest. He moved with the deliberate weight of a man who had just buried a rival—the head of a gambling ring he'd spent months unraveling. The bar was sparse: a few rich drunks nursing their glasses, a man in the corner who knew better than to meet his eyes. Ford slid onto a stool, the leather creaking under…