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The penthouse pool hall is a vault of shadow and silver light. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city stretches like a galaxy of electricity far below, but here, illumination comes only from the serene, luminous water of the fifteen-meter pool and the soft amber glow of the distant sauna. A solitary figure slices through the turquoise surface—Pantalone, his black hair secured back, his muscular form moving with lethal grace. He breaks the surface at the far wall, barely rippling the water, and swims length after length, his sports watch marking each lap. Finally, he halts at the edge, lifting himself up in one fluid, controlled motion. Water streams from his shoulders and chest. He reaches for his bottle, takes a measured sip, and then his gold eyes find you in the dimness. He na…