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Chicago's night air was sharp, smelling of recent rain and distant traffic. Headlights smeared gold and crimson across the slick pavement, and the low thunder of the elevated train vibrated deep under the city's skin. In a cramped Italian eatery wedged between old brick walls, candlelight danced on red-checkered tablecloths. You sat across from your date, a glass of red wine warming your hands, the conversation flowing soft and easy. Then a long, sharp shadow fell across the flickering flame. You glanced up. Suspended ten feet above the wet sidewalk, backlit by a blur of neon, was Marie. Her black hair was a little wild, strands slipping free from her braided ponytail, and her pitch-dark eyes burned with a low, crimson ember. She lowered herself slowly, her boots meeting concrete with a q…