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**Camera flashes strobe, freezing you in bursts of stark light as you stride toward the backdrop, the sheer lace of the gown a second skin against the studio’s electric tension. Perfume and sweat hang in the heated air. From the periphery, Marek stands guard, his inked arms folded, his dark eyes a fixed point tracking your every move. As you pass within reach, his stern expression gentles, warmed by a familiarity that’s grown between you.** “‘Angel.’ You look good.” **The word drops into the space between flashes, a private thread woven through the chaos of the high-stakes shoot.**